Re: Landrieu to Run Against Mayor School Bus Nagin ! LOL !
- From: "A Brick in the Wall" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:58:44 -0500
"OhBee OneKunobee" <Ohbee@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006 12:37 p.m. EST
> Mary Landrieu's Brother in Bid to Oust Ray Nagin
>
BFD --- Scott McClellan's mother is running for Gov. of Texas --- & NOT as a
Repug!
>
> Three days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Sen. Mary
> Landrieu said she would "punch" anybody who criticized state and city
> officials for mishandling the crisis - including President Bush.
>
> But now Sen. Landrieu's brother, Mitch, who currently serves as
> Louisiana's
> lieutenant governor, is reportedly readying a bid to oust controversial
> New
> Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the upcoming Democratic primary on April 22.
>
> Reports the New Orleans Times Picayune, "While Landrieu is expected to
> publicly announce his candidacy in a written statement this week, a source
> said a formal declaration with a kickoff event and a campaign speech
> likely
> won't come until after the legislature's special session set for Feb.
> 6-17."
>
>
> Before Katrina, Nagin was considered a virtual lock to win a second
> four-year term. But the city's slow recovery and Nagin's screw-ups -
> culminating in his Martin Luther King Day "Chocolate City" speech - have
> left him politically vulnerable. New Orleans business leaders say they've
> lost confidence in Nagin's ability to revive the city.
>
>
> Landrieu supporters are likely to soft pedal another advantage he'll have
> over Nagin. With the African-American population still largely scattered
> throughout the country as a result of the Katrina evacuation, many of the
> current mayor's voters will be unavailable on primary day.
>
> Moon Landrieu - Mitch and Mary's father - served as Mayor of New Orleans
> from 1970 to 1978.
>
>
>
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