re: Louisiana could be open for business today but we voted democrat

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Having a governor like Bobby Jindal has consequences.
THAT'S what elected a Democrat in a solidly Republican state.

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Nah, Jindal was terrible but David Vitter was polling well enough to win in spite of Jindal until two RINOs in Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne thought it was a good idea to savage and trash the GOP front runner they had no hope of defeating.

And they still didn't defeat Vitter but they savaged him so bad their own voters went to JBE instead in a temper tantrum. A month between the first round and the runoff was not enough time for cooler heads to prevail and Vitter to consolidate the base.

Angelle even spread lies about Vitter killing hookers at one point. That was a low point of the 2015 campaign.

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And when Edwards ran for re-election the GOP lined up a clown show to oppose him.

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The GOP didn't line up a clown show against JBE. A clown show lined himself up against JBE.

What's funny is that clown show Rispone did everything he could do to lose the 2019 election and even then, JBE needed astronomical turnout in Orleans parish to survive by 2 points.

Rispone flipped back several parishes that JBE won in 2015.

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NOW, it looks like Jeff Landry is the frontrunner when Edwards' term is over. Landry is just awful and he will again leave open an opportunity for a moderate Dem., if a qualified Repub does not run.

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After 8 years of John Bel Edwards and his COVID tyranny being fresh in voters minds, GOP will be the solid favorite.

Btw, A black democrat is the most likely candidate. JBE is the only white statewide candidate that democrats have run in the last several years as the other races have had black democrats. You can imagine how that's going to work out here for Governor in 2023.