Looks like a victory for JBE.
My reaction would be that I don't care, because Bel Edwards might as well be a Republican.
John Bel Edwards might as well be a Republican.
Because of the abortion thing? Let’s be honest—that was going to pass with or without his signature. He made the right calculus in throwing a big red meat issue to his conservative constituency in a high profile way, kinda like how Manchin shot the ACA in his 2010 was the right call.
He’s pretty much a standard Dem on non-social issues
Yes, and being a standard Democrat on economic issues makes you GOP-lite if you ask me.
