Election Season

Not many candidates contested incumbents for the 2010 federal elections. Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District and the state's U.S. Senate race are the federal races to watch. But that is it.  I expected more candidates to step up to run for office.  With the open primaries set to return it is unlikely that the years to come will be fruitful for progressives.

Louisiana goes Cajun Primary Elections

Why oh why?

Democrats in this state will not have a shot in this open primary system starting in 2012. It was pushed by Rep. Hunter Green (R) with the public intent to save the state money. It does save the state money however there are many more opportunities and areas to cut and trim the budget. A Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate controlled by Democrats should never have approved this bill in order to assure the fairness of future elections. This makes it so much harder for a Democrat to get elected to congress. In a state with a majority of registered Democratic party voters it is very hard to get a democrat elected to congress and statewide. The closed primary system allowed Democrats to build support and momentum. The open primary strips Democrats of the ability to build loyalty, momentum, and support.


Open primaries (or pick-a-party) are those in which voters of any affiliation may vote for the slate of any party.

Closed primaries are those in which only the voters affiliated with a party may vote in its primary. (Building Party loyalty which Louisiana Dems Need)

Blanket primaries (or "jungle primaries") are those in which voters, regardless of affiliation, may choose the party primary in which they want to vote on an office-by-office basis. The blanket primary was struck down in 2001 by the Supreme Court in CA Democratic Party v. Jones.

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Congrats to parish President Robottom

Natalie Robottom will be sworn in as St. John the Baptist Parish President tonight at the beginning of the regularly scheduled Parish Council meeting in Edgard.

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Britton Loftin - "Obama: BP agrees to $20 Billion dollar fund"

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After meeting with top BP officials, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that the oil giant has agreed to set aside an initial $20 billion to pay the victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, calling it "an important step toward making the people of the Gulf Coast whole again."... Read More

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Great!

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Britton Loftin on Obama's Visit to the Gulf

Before President Obama makes a statement tomorrow night on the BP oil spill he is visiting the gulf states today. He has visited the area four times. The oil spill is a man made disaster but one that gulf states and political leaders have the opportunity to capitalize by pushing for greener reform. Many bills have been authored proposing greener reform.


I am sure that in the President's address we will hear much about weening ourselves off fossil fuels. The issue has been at the forefront of American politics for sometime now and even more now taking center stage.

Obama Oil Spill cartoon: Need I say more?

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I'm back. A rainy lazy Louisiana Friday post:

I have been doing some home work in Google Analytics.

It tells me that 4, yes 4 people in Canada have seen the blog.

Have you guys come to obtain another view of Louisiana?

I'm sure you heard of the GREAT AMERICAN oil spill spewing right below us.

Hear of this guy calling for the head of BP?




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