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2014-12-07 Home Front: Politix
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu Defeated
Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama
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's tenure.

With Cassidy's victory, the GOP will hold 54 seats when the Senate convenes in January, nine more than they have now. Republican victories in two Louisiana House districts Saturday - including the seat Cassidy now holds - ensure at least 246 seats, compared to 188 for Democrats, the largest GOP advantage since the Truman administration after World War II. An Arizona recount leaves one race still outstanding.

In Louisiana, early returns showed Cassidy with a wide lead.

Landrieu had narrowly led a Nov. 4 primary ballot that included eight candidates from all parties. But at 42 percent, she fell well below her marks in previous races, leaving the incumbent scrambling in a one-month runoff campaign that Republicans dominated via the air waves while national Democrats financially abandoned her effort.

Landrieu's defeat is a blow for one of Louisiana's most famous political families, leaving her brother, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, to carry the banner. The GOP sweep also denied former Gov. Edwin Edwards a political comeback; the colorful 87-year-old politician, who had served four terms as governor, sought to regain public office after serving eight years in federal prison on corruption charges.
Posted by Fred 2014-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Perhaps we'll see a "hell hath no fury" moment for the DNC.
Posted by Pappy 2014-12-07 02:52||   2014-12-07 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 now she'll have to move outta Moon's house and back to her mansion in DC. Oh, the humanity!
Posted by Frank G 2014-12-07 07:30||   2014-12-07 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, there is always K Street...

Posted by Buzz the Prolific1786 2014-12-07 09:34||   2014-12-07 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 So long screwy!
Posted by DarthVader 2014-12-07 10:52||   2014-12-07 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 bill cassidy is a medical doctor

he has, among other things, set up free health clinics for the uninsured, done pro bono medical work himself

the republicans would do well to put him front and center of any obamacare replacement proposals
Posted by lord garth 2014-12-07 10:55||   2014-12-07 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 57% to 43% for The Dem. almost unheard of humiliation for an incumbant.
Posted by Omung Snore4606 2014-12-07 12:05||   2014-12-07 12:05|| Front Page Top

#7 I wish I had an avatar from the OSU/Wisconsin game last night, that would be a suitable graphic for how badly Cassidy beat her butt.
Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-12-07 12:28||   2014-12-07 12:28|| Front Page Top

#8 The spread was great enough there was no point in the Dems investing resources in cheating. It's the only way to beat them - by more than the margin of cheating, probably 5%.
Posted by Glenmore 2014-12-07 13:53||   2014-12-07 13:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Does Mary roux the day she voted for ObamaCare?
Posted by SteveS 2014-12-07 17:34||   2014-12-07 17:34|| Front Page Top

#10 :)

Horrid
Posted by Shipman 2014-12-07 18:03||   2014-12-07 18:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Pat ?Buchanan?

"Louisiana politics is very similar to the politics of the Republic of Lebanon".
Posted by Shipman 2014-12-07 18:07||   2014-12-07 18:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Now my mind's gonna snap trying to figure out who Walid Jumblatt is.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-12-07 18:53||   2014-12-07 18:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Roux the day? That's right up there with "Good Copt, Bad Copt."
Posted by Matt 2014-12-07 19:03||   2014-12-07 19:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Mary got a real thumping. She is the exclamation mark on the 2014 elections. There are no Donk Senators in the South from Texas to the East Coast. Half the Donk Senators who voted for Obamacare are gone. It's even worse than that for the Democrats when one considers the House results and the governorships. Now, onward to keep both houses and dethrone the emperor. If only the MSM could become "free" and a benefit to Americans.
Posted by JohnQC 2014-12-07 19:42||   2014-12-07 19:42|| Front Page Top

#15 ONly problem is, JohnQC, that the powers that be in the GOP are already in the process of anointing one of their own big-government crony-capitalism Republicans, like Jeb Bush, for the Presidency, instead of someone who would actually attempt to reduce government size, power and intrusion into the lives of its citizens.
Posted by OldSpook 2014-12-07 20:48||   2014-12-07 20:48|| Front Page Top

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