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What’s with Scott Angelle’s new spot aimed at women? A subtle attack on David...
Screen shot of Scott Angelle TV spot By Robert Mann What’s up with Scott Angelle’s new TV spot aimed directly at women voters? Is the Republican Public Service Commissioner, who is running for...
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It’s time for the Louisiana governor’s candidates to get specific
By Robert Mann They may be sparring at forums almost every week, but three of the four contenders for Louisiana governor must believe that mystery is an attractive quality in a candidate. Explore their...
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Poll: Louisiana governor’s race still looks like a Vitter-Edwards runoff
By Robert Mann Despite media reports to the contrary – and claims by the gubernatorial campaign of Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle – it does not appear that the dynamics of Louisiana...
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David Vitter’s “women problem”
Screen shot of U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s online video announcing his candidacy for governor By Robert Mann Speaking to a Baton Rouge Rotary club recently about Louisiana’s governor’s race, I noted that...
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Should Jindal and Vitter make taxpayers fund their campaigns?
By Robert Mann They claim to be ethical watchdogs and fiscal conservatives – fierce guardians of the public purse. So, why do Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. David Vitter spend so much tax money to fund...
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Vitter camp responds to questions about his campaign events by pointing at...
By Robert Mann Sen. David Vitter’s gubernatorial campaign has responded to my recent column about his alleged abuse of official U.S. Senate “field hearings” with a thinly veiled attack on Lt. Gov. Jay...
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Why aren’t the governor’s candidates debating poverty?
#182695593 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann If there is an issue more important to Louisiana’s future than our state’s crippling, chronic poverty, I can’t imagine it. Few states have higher rates of...
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UPDATED: Is Sen. David Vitter abusing the congressional franking privilege in...
By Robert Mann U.S. Sen. David Vitter may be in violation of U.S. Senate rules regarding official, franked mail that his office sent to Louisiana voters in early July, omitting a required disclaimer...
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Candidates for Louisiana governor should leave no college student behind
Photo by Kiri Walton, courtesy of NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Robert Mann Whoever moves into Louisiana’s Governor’s Mansion in January will replace a chief executive who not only ignored college...
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Louisiana governor candidates on poverty, children’s issues
I wrote a column in NOLA.com few weeks ago about the very good survey that the United Way of Southeast Louisiana had submitted to the candidates for governor. Most of the questions related to poverty...
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Some thoughts on the new Advocate/WWL governor’s race poll
A new Baton Rouge Advocate/WWL poll out on Sunday night shows each of his three challengers potentially defeating Sen. David Vitter in a November runoff scenario. As the Advocate’s Elizabeth Crisp...
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Journalistic malpractice: Thursday’s disgraceful Louisiana gubernatorial debate
Screenshot of the Louisiana gubernatorial debate on WDSU-TV on Thursday night in New Orleans. I have watched many unsatisfying political debates over the years, but I have never witnessed the kind of...
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A few questions for the next Louisiana gubernatorial debate
Screenshot of state Rep. John Bel Edwards and Sen. David Vitter on the Oct. 1 televised debate, hosted by WDSU-TV in New Orleans. There are only two weeks left before voters head to the polls to begin...
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The speech no candidate for Louisiana governor can give
My fellow Louisianians, it’s time someone spoke honestly about where our state stands and why we’re in such deep distress. It would be easy to keep telling you that everything wrong is the fault of...
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It’s time for a Louisiana Gubernatorial Debate Commission
U.S. Sen. David Vitter By Robert Mann The good news is that this governor’s election has featured more candidate forums than I can remember. From one end of the state to the other, the four major...
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There’s no majority rule in Louisiana elections: Why you should vote for...
From all official accounts, the turnout in this Saturday’s governor’s election primary will be between 45 percent and 50 percent of the state’s registered voters. Polls show that voters are not yet...
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Sen. David Vitter’s blatant pay-to-play scheme
This may be the most blatant, breathtaking pay-to-play message I have ever seen in politics. Will anyone in the media, if he or she could get to him, ask Sen. David Vitter if he approves of this...
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I was wrong: John Bel Edwards can win the Louisiana governor’s race
Screenshot of state Rep. John Bel Edwards and Sen. David Vitter on the Oct. 1 televised debate, hosted by WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By Robert Mann The best I can say in my defense is, as St. Paul wrote,...
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David Vitter is a cheap political prostitute: Even Louisiana racists smell...
By Robert Mann David Duke, Jesse Helms and Lee Atwater would be proud. Those abominable race baiters (Helms and Atwater are dead) were undoubtedly the inspiration for a shocking television spot that...
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Louisiana’s working poor can’t wait on a Medicaid waiver
By Robert Mann It’s finally going to happen. Louisiana’s next governor will almost certainly expand the state’s Medicaid program under provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Unlike Gov. Bobby Jindal,...
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