Southern white Democrats in deep south state legislatures

[Miles]

We still have some in LA, like Senator Ben Nevers and Rep. Jim Fannin.

[Miles]

We still have some in LA, like Senator Ben Nevers and Rep. Jim Fannin.

Where do they stand politically?  Are they conservative blue dogs or more in line with the national democratic party?

Nevers, and, especially, Fannin (and Rick Ward, and, probably, at least, Smith, Danahay and Thibaut) are "on par" if not more conservative then Jindal and Vitter. Some other are slightly less conservative, but, surely, more so then Boren or Ross were in the last US House. So - most of them are not Blue Dogs, but something substantially more conservative)))). Closer to what was "Deep South norm" 20 or 30 years ago...

P.S. Miles, correct me if i am wrong))) You are closer to "place of events" then i am)))

Yeah, that sounds about right. Nevers ran ads during the 2011 campaign emphasizing his pro-gun, pro-life record.

[Miles]

We need maps!!!

Too depressing

[Miles]

We need maps!!!

Too depressing

Yeah)) Miles - how do you explain such deep conservatism of Guillory and Brown? Their ratings are at least as high (sometimes -  higher) then Nevers's  or Smith's. IMHO - only Fannin may "compete" with them (sometimes - Danahay, Thibaut and Ward as well, but not always)

As I said, I'm by no means an expert on LA legislative politics, but I know that there are some conservatives who are just very loyal to the Democratic Party.