Monday, November 3, 2014

Endorsement comparison for Piedrahita Caldwell judicial race

Endorsement comparison for Piedrahita Caldwell judicial race

Across the South, polls show Republicans ahead before Tuesday's elections

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/across_the_south_polls_show_re.html#incart_river

Though Mary Landrieu is expected to get more votes than either of her two main Republican challengers in Tuesday's election, an NBC News / Marist Poll conducted Friday shows the Democratic incumbent losing in a head-to-head match-up with Bill Cassidy and losing in an head-to-head to match-up with Rob Maness.

According to that poll, if she were to face Cassidy in a Dec. 6 runoff, she would get 45 percent of the vote to his 50, and if she were to face Maness, she would get 44 percent to his 49.

I think a poll showing her trailing Maness illustrates that. He's never been elected to office, doesn't have a political record to offer and doesn't have the name recognition that Landrieu has. But he has an R beside his name, and I think we've reached the point in Louisiana where an R beside a name is enough to win against against a candidate whose name runs beside a D.

Such a shift suggests their belief that the D is now deadly.

Political consultants win big in 6th District Congressional race

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/political_consultants_win_big.html#incart_river

The biggest earner was Baton Rouge-based The Political Firm, to which the Graves campaign paid $486,000 in a seven-and-a-half-month period from April 1 to October 15, according to the Federal Election Commission. Graves' campaign manager Kevin Roig said the cost of the campaign's TV ad buys (totaling $468,000 for the period) was included in The Political Firm's compensation, under "placed media" line items.

The Political Firm is the consulting business that former Sixth District candidateCassie Felder sued after leaving her campaign for Graves'. Felder later dropped out of the race. The Republican-bent firm is comprised of consultants Scott Hobbs and Jason Hebert.

Louisiana Spotlight: Another month of election ads on horizon

http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/10684828-123/louisiana-spotlight-another-month-of

While voters around the country eagerly await Tuesday as the end of the campaign ad season, Louisiana’s residents need to brace for another month of the onslaught of negative TV ads and mailboxes spilling over with attack fliers.

The quirk of the state’s election calendar for congressional races means the barrage of ill will from campaigns and outside groups is expected to continue through the Thanksgiving holidays and most of the college football regular season.

High-profile U.S. Senate and U.S. House races seem all but certain to be decided Dec. 6, because the slate of candidates is long. If no candidate in a field gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the race heads to a runoff between the top two vote-getters.

That means Louisiana will be one of the last, if not the last, state in the country to decide some of its congressional seats — well past the Election Day everyone else around the nation expects to decide their lineups in Congress.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

GRAVES, EWE CAMPAIGNS GO INTO THE SEWER IN 6TH DISTRICT (TURNS OUT GRAVES WORKED FOR MARY!)

GRAVES, EWE CAMPAIGNS GO INTO THE SEWER IN 6TH DISTRICT

http://bobmannblog.com/2014/11/02/graves-ewe-campaigns-go-into-the-sewer-in-6th-district-congressional-race/

Bob Mann:

Until this weekend there was only one unacceptable candidate in Louisiana’s 6th district congressional race. Now there are two.

Add to the list Republican Garret Graves, who along with the wife of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, have descended into the sewer with personal attacks on Republican candidate Paul Dietzel. In particular, both campaigns have pushed the implication that Dietzel is gay or secretly supports gay rights. Both campaigns are playing to the homophobia of some 6th district voters.

As readers of this blog know well, I am no fan of Edwards. He’s an unrepentant felon whose election would further sully Louisiana’s reputation. I had long ago decided that I would vote for one of Edwards’ Republican opponents. It’s a safe GOP district, so my plan was to vote for the least objectionable Republican, the person most likely to listen to the other side and least likely to contribute to partisan gridlock.

Until a few days ago, I thought that might be Graves. After all, he’d worked in D.C. for Sen. Mary Landrieu. People who know him well — I don’t know him, except by reputation — tell me he’s a fairly liberal person who simply sold out to run for public office.

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NEW :60 RADIO AD- DISCUSSION OF GARRET GRAVES RECORD

NEW :60 RADIO AD- DISCUSSION OF GARRET GRAVES RECORD

"Big Talk" Dan Claitor for Congress

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https://soundcloud.com/claitorforla/lets-compare-records

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