He might be the Obamessiah to his kook left supporters, but he’s political kryptonite in Louisiana, it would seem – from Political Punch:
The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., the only Senate Democrat in a competitive race this year, was listed as a co-host for a $100-per-person DC fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, until suddenly, she wasn’t.
The event, “Girls Night Out: Lipstick, Laughter and Libations,” (you can see the cached version which includes Landrieu’s name HERE) is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, August 18.
Landrieu campaign spokesman Scott Schneider told the Advocate that she was never supposed to be listed as a co-host.
“I believe it was a clerical mistake where some finance assistant confused who was going to the event with who was hosting the event,” Schneider said.
Yeah, right – whatever.
This is a sign of Obama’s weakness – his inability to really expand beyond African-American and upper-class white voters. It seems that Obama is so unpopular in Louisiana with everyone other than hard core Democrats that Landrieu made the calculation that “Obama who?” is the best way to save her political hide.
Thing for the GOP to do? Tie her as tightly as possible to Obama and his Democrats.
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