Is Vitter's political career over?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Even if he runs for his Senate seat again I'd bet he gets primaried.

[pbrower2a]

No. He faces two political defeats in one year unless he resigns or retires.

Are there any rehab programs for sex fiends? 

I have seen some execrable polls that gave his favorability rating -- just no approval ratings.   

[Torie]

I don't think what he did is the kiss of political death anymore these days. What would make it more difficult is if his wife publicly complained. But if she stands by her man, most voters, and wisely so, don't think it's particularly relevant. The couple worked it out. The end.

[Xing]

Probably not just yet, even though it should've been over a while ago. He's survived some pretty bad stuff in the past.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Hopefully, yes as Ensign, Craig & Vitter had same legal problems.

[Bojack Horseman]

Hopefully yes.

[ElectionsGuy]

Not necessarily. I think we're being too quick. Can we even verify that this recent 'accusation' is true?

[Bismarck]

Hopefully

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Guys, you do realize that no major prognosticator even has the Gov. Race at Toss-Up yet? Vitter may still win.

And if he goes for his senate seat again, LA isn't electing a democrat to the Senate, and a primary challenge based solely on "Vitter likes abortion!" probably wouldn't succeed.

[Zioneer]

Guys, you do realize that no major prognosticator even has the Gov. Race at Toss-Up yet? Vitter may still win.

And if he goes for his senate seat again, LA isn't electing a democrat to the Senate, and a primary challenge based solely on "Vitter likes abortion!" probably wouldn't succeed.

It's more like "Vitter is a hypocrite who claims to be pro-life, but advocates abortions when it benefits him" and "Vitter is really sleazy and we already gave him a chance".

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Didn't that Tennessee Rep Scott DesJarles do exactly the same thing? And he's still in office.

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Didn't that Tennessee Rep Scott DesJarles do exactly the same thing? And he's still in office.

Four abortions, I'm pretty sure...

[Pandaguineapig]

Hopefully

[hopper]

Even if he runs for his Senate seat again I'd bet he gets primaried.

I thought he was running for Governor this year.

[Figueira]

Even if he runs for his Senate seat again I'd bet he gets primaried.

I thought he was running for Governor this year.

Yes, but if he loses, he would be running for Senate again next year.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Didn't that Tennessee Rep Scott DesJarles do exactly the same thing? And he's still in office.

He won his primary by literally 10 votes IIRC last year and will probably get successfully primaried by a 26 year-old this time around.

[pbrower2a]

Even if he runs for his Senate seat again I'd bet he gets primaried.

I thought he was running for Governor this year.

This horrible publicity cannot be good for his campaign for re-election less than 13 months from now.  I have yet to see an approval rating for him in the Senate (he may vote right for conservatives). The primary season begins on November 4.

The negative ads practically write themselves.

[Miles]

^ Not to mention there is a significant backlog of Republicans who are planning to run if the seat is open. Perhaps they'd still be willing to run against a weakened Vitter, though it probably depends on how low his approvals go.

[TJ in Oregon]

^ Not to mention there is a significant backlog of Republicans who are planning to run if the seat is open. Perhaps they'd still be willing to run against a weakened Vitter, though it probably depends on how low his approvals go.

So that's the problem: too many challengers will split the anti-Vitter vote. To take him out in a primary, the rest of the party needs to rally around one strong candidate.

[Ebsy]

^ Not to mention there is a significant backlog of Republicans who are planning to run if the seat is open. Perhaps they'd still be willing to run against a weakened Vitter, though it probably depends on how low his approvals go.

So that's the problem: too many challengers will split the anti-Vitter vote. To take him out in a primary, the rest of the party needs to rally around one strong candidate.

Mitch Landrieu should run for Senate. The combined Democratic primary vote would automatically get him a spot in the runoff, and if Vitter survives the primary, D+1.

[Suburbia]

Hopefully, yes as Ensign, Craig & Vitter had same legal problems.

[MT Treasurer]

If he loses the gubernatorial election? Absolutely. I still think there's no way he will run for reelection to the Senate if that happens.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Dont worry, out of all the second tier battlegrounds KY has the chance of flipping due to Edelen. AZ/ MO/ IN are out of reach.

[7,052,770]

^ Not to mention there is a significant backlog of Republicans who are planning to run if the seat is open. Perhaps they'd still be willing to run against a weakened Vitter, though it probably depends on how low his approvals go.

So that's the problem: too many challengers will split the anti-Vitter vote. To take him out in a primary, the rest of the party needs to rally around one strong candidate.

Mitch Landrieu should run for Senate. The combined Democratic primary vote would automatically get him a spot in the runoff, and if Vitter survives the primary, D+1.

If enough Republicans jump in, is there any chance Landrieu and another Democrat could both get something like 22%, while the Republicans split the vote so much that none of them break 21%?