Louisiana Senate 2008: Kennedy to switch parties and face Landrieu?

[Adlai Stevenson]

Party switcher

John N. Kennedy, Louisiana's conservative Democratic state treasurer, is expected to change parties and run against Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu as a Republican at the urging of White House aide Karl Rove, despite harassment from the Democratic-controlled state legislature.

Kennedy long has considered changing parties, but wanted to wait until the current state legislative session ended. His switch was discussed on Mother's Day in a private lunch attended by Kennedy, Rove and David Vitter, Louisiana's Republican senator. When Vitter leaked Kennedy's intentions, the legislature began machinations to obstruct operations of the state treasurer's office.

A strong fiscal conservative, Kennedy is fighting maneuvers intended to chew up a state budget surplus, as a Republican, Rep. Bobby Jindal, is expected to be elected governor of Louisiana this year.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/450364,CST-EDT-novak01.article

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Wow.  Sounds like a done deal.

[AndrewTX]

I thought Kennedy dismissed this option months ago, maybe he reconsidered.

[opebo]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

[Padfoot]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

stranger things have happened.

[Jaggerjack]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

stranger things have happened.

Who'd have known an Indian would have made it to the house in Louisiana. Or Locke would become gov of Washington. But then, Washington isn't Louisiana.

[socaldem]

I feel betrayed.  In '02 when Kennedy was running for senate against Vitter and Rep. Chris John, I thought he was actually the more left-leaning of the bunch.

Now he's prepared to abandon us to be a Karl Rove sock-puppet.  Ouch.

[Keystone Phil]

I feel betrayed.  In '02 when Kennedy was running for senate against Vitter and Rep. Chris John, I thought he was actually the more left-leaning of the bunch.

Now he's prepared to abandon us to be a Karl Rove sock-puppet.  Ouch.

That was 2004. 2002 was Landrieu vs. Terrell.

[Conan]

Is Novak ever wrong? I certainly hope so. Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones. He should run for governor as a dem.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Novak was wrong, in 2004, he said that WI, IA, and NM would vote GOP and OH would vote for J. Kerry and we saw how that turned out. He eventually backed off that prediction, but nevetheless he made it.

[Conan]

Novak was wrong, in 2004, he said that WI, IA, and NM would vote GOP and OH would vote for J. Kerry and we saw how that turned out. He eventually backed off that prediction, but nevetheless he made it.

I mean with party switchers or major announcements.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones.

What?

[Conan]

Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones.

What?

That was a joke. I was implying if you're not from the more prominent Kennedy family, you're a fake Kennedy.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones.

What?

That was a joke. I was implying if you're not from the more prominent Kennedy family, you're a fake Kennedy.

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

[7,052,770]

I shed a tear every time a Democrat from the South betrays us to the Dark Side.

[Conan]

Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones.

What?

That was a joke. I was implying if you're not from the more prominent Kennedy family, you're a fake Kennedy.

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

And who are you?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Anyway, there only needs to be real Kennedys in the whitehouse/congress, not these fake ones.

What?

That was a joke. I was implying if you're not from the more prominent Kennedy family, you're a fake Kennedy.

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

And who are you?

I've never posted my full name on this forum (and don't intend to start now), but you can call me Al.

Why do you ask?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

At this point, isn't it utterly ridiculous to assume otherwise?

[memphis]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

stranger things have happened.

Who'd have known an Indian would have made it to the house in Louisiana. Or Locke would become gov of Washington. But then, Washington isn't Louisiana.

Jindal's district is very suburban. We'll see how well he can do in rural areas.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The author of this article assumes an Indian is going to be elected governor of Louisiana?!

stranger things have happened.

Who'd have known an Indian would have made it to the house in Louisiana. Or Locke would become gov of Washington. But then, Washington isn't Louisiana.

Jindal's district is very suburban. We'll see how well he can do in rural areas.

Without a legitimate challenger, again, I repeat: does it even matter?

[TeePee4Prez]

I shed a tear every time a Democrat from the South betrays us to the Dark Side.

Seems to happen a lot down there.  When will it end?

[Jaggerjack]

I shed a tear every time a Democrat from the South betrays us to the Dark Side.

Seems to happen a lot down there.  When will it end?

When there's nobody left in the Southern Democrats who isn't a liberal or black.

[Flying Dog]

I shed a tear every time a Democrat from the South betrays us to the Dark Side.

Seems to happen a lot down there.  When will it end?

I think we should just give up on the South besides the urban area's. Its a hopeless cause. Eventually Marshall, Taylor, and Barrow etc will eventually be kicked out or will retire and their seats will go GOP. We should redirect our money West, where we have a better chance of winning.