Assorted LA Senate News

[InsideTheBeltway]

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/6325427.html

Just a few odds and ends for LA senate:

Two Republicans are out:  7th district congressman Charles Boustany and 4th district congressman Jim McCrery. 

Two other Republicans are seriously considering a run:  6th district representative Richard Baker and Secretary of State Jay Dardenne.

An old (mid-January) poll from Southern Media and Opinion Reserach shows Landrieu holding up reasonably well, however:

Landrieu (D) 53%
Dardenne(R) 38%

[Adlai Stevenson]

I think Rodney Alexander would be a good candidate for the GOP.  A former Democrat, conservative, representing a formerly-Democratic area where Landrieu needs to do well.  He will be 62 in 2008, which is one negative, but I think Baker is also around the same age.  Also, Baker has been in Congress for over twenty years - he has left it a bit late to think about running for the Senate; I view both him and McCrery as Congressman immersed in GOP House affairs rather than Senators. 

[Mr.Phips]

I think Rodney Alexander would be a good candidate for the GOP.  A former Democrat, conservative, representing a formerly-Democratic area where Landrieu needs to do well.  He will be 62 in 2008, which is one negative, but I think Baker is also around the same age.  Also, Baker has been in Congress for over twenty years - he has left it a bit late to think about running for the Senate; I view both him and McCrery as Congressman immersed in GOP House affairs rather than Senators. 

A Democrat would have a pretty good chance of picking up any one of those Congressional districts if they were to run for Senate.

[Democratic Hawk]

I'll be rooting for Landrieu regardless of which Louisiana Republicans throw their hat in

Some things in life are sacred and this Senate seat is one of them. Democrat-held since 1883, it has been

Dave