Topic: Politics & Elections
So Tom, you ask, what’s your take this morning on Senator Mary Landrieu’s chances of reelection? Well, between slim and none I’d have to go with the latter. Her last hope, such as it was, crashed and burned on the Senate floor last night.
Landrieu is running some fifteen points behind her GOP opponent in the run-up to the December runoff election that will decide her fate. For want of a better idea, she embraced the Keystone XL pipeline, a long-delayed energy project that’s very popular in the Pelican State. She would demonstrate her ability to get things done by pushing a bill through Congress to jump-start construction of Keystone. Well, how has that worked out for her?
First President Obama gave the embattled Louisiana incumbent the back of his hand, promising to veto such legislation if it ever landed on his desk. Then, yesterday evening, the Senate failed by a single vote to pass her bill—which had already cleared the GOP-controlled House. Two pretty obvious signs that Landrieu’s own party considers her a goner!
So far, the Senator has offered no response to questions regarding her view from under the bus…
