Is Landry the best LA politician since Edwin Edwards?

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Think about it – Jeff Landry has been a major political figure on the scene in Louisiana since he ran and won a Congressional seat back in 2010. In that time, has he had a real political scandal? The opponents and detractors won’t shut up about how “shady” Landry is. OK, fair enough. Let’s see some specifics. But when we get some, what we find out is that he and his brother have a staffing company which Landry has used to service his political campaigns, which is hardly scandalous and just seems like a smart thing to do – it’s akin to a guy who has a company that makes yard signs using his company to make them for his campaign when he runs for the state senate – and also one time that company did work as a subcontractor on the construction of an LNG plant, and the main contractor hired illegal Mexicans and went to jail for it. So 13 years running for Congress and statewide office and this is the worst of the dirt on Jeff Landry? He must be the cleanest politician Louisiana has ever seen. Either that or he has his corruption buttoned up a whole lot tighter than anybody could ever expect. Given what we’re used to around here he’s pretty impressive on that front.

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Landry ran the most mistake-free campaign we’ve ever seen in Louisiana. At no point could anyone credibly say that he was in danger of losing votes. And as a result his support built and built until it was enough to win a monster victory in the primary. This is the stuff that a dominant political figure is made of. And Jeff Landry has put himself in that position. What’s left to learn is just how significant that is in making him a historical figure in this state.

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