It makes one wonder, if the ideas and policies of the Democrats are so great, why did so many have to run as Conservatives in 2006? Why might many have to do the same for 2008, such as….
A Democrat stands a serious chance of taking a seat in the House of Representatives from Republicans in a special election here on Saturday. But to achieve that chance of victory in this Republican fortress, the candidate has labored to dissociate himself from the Democratic Party’s national leaders.
Republicans have held this South Louisiana district encompassing the state capital for 34 years, but it is now open after the incumbent, Richard H. Baker, resigned for a lucrative lobbying job. Democrats see a chance of taking it with Don Cazayoux, a conservative state legislator, former prosecutor and small-town lawyer who holds a giant fund-raising lead over his Republican rival, Woody Jenkins, a former state legislator.
But Cazayoux can only take it by running away from Democrats, and being a conservative
In a candidates’ forum here this week, the Democrat never mentioned his party’s presidential candidates, spoke approvingly of Senator John McCain of Arizona and backed away from the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California.
Soon he will be advocating tax cuts and responsible federal spending.
Sidebar
Mr. Jenkins, a champion of religious-right causes for decades, achieved notoriety in the State House 18 years ago when he brandished plastic models of fetuses on the chamber floor to bolster his anti-abortion arguments.
He must be one of those wacky fundies, at least that’s what the NY Times seems to be saying. But, one person’s religious zealot is another person simple Christian who believes in the sanctity of life.
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