(Judging by Breaux’s statement, does anyone get the sense that he’s feeling a bit more inclined to sit this one out? – promoted by James L.)
Crossposted to BlueSunbelt.Com the Southern netroots site.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco has signaled she will not drop out of the race for Governor in Louisiana even if former U.S. Senator John Breaux enters the race. Many political analysts see Breaux as possibly the only chance Democrats may have to hold the state’s highest office. GOP Congressman Bobby Jindal has so far been outpolling Blanco by landslide proportions.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Wednesday she plans to run for re-election regardless of whether former U.S. Sen. John Breaux jumps into the race.
“My decision is predicated on me and my experience and not on anything that Sen. Breaux and anybody else might be interested in doing,” Blanco said at the State Capitol.
Meanwhile, Breaux, who still is silent on whether or not he is running for governor, issued a statement of support for his fellow Democrat.
“I’ve always said that Gov. Blanco has earned the right to run for re-election. She has a good story to tell the people of our state about how hard she has worked against incredibly difficult circumstances,” Breaux said through his spokesman.
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Breaux may be inclined to pass if she absolutely will not consider dropping out. I think Breaux would have a very good shot at winning but at this point I think it would be a very uphill battle for Blanco to win
Oh. Crap.
That Breaux is walking his floated candidacy back here. My guess is that he’s discovered that the law may well be against him, and that public opinion may be, too (that he’s “gone Washington”). So I think he’s likely not running.
Of course, the very fact of his possible candidacy has already hurt the very damaged Blanco (an impressive feat). So I think this move here is just allowing Blanco to recover a shred of dignity (“I’m good enough to go up against John Breaux”) before a Breaux bow-out.
Just speculatin’ here.