| Lord Boustany is laughing these days, thinking that his cash advantage will ensure his re-election. That may happen, but I wouldn't be so comfortable if I were him for a couple of reasons:
1. He flip-flopped on the $700 Billion Bailout Fiasco, which was supposed to save our economy. Apparently, it's not working, as the Dow slipped below 10,000 for the first time since 2004. On Monday, Boustany voted Nay. Monday's bill was a straight-up bill, with no earmarks in it at all. On Friday, however, Lord Boustany voted Yea. Friday's bill is laden with earmarks. This one made me scratch my head because I thought Rep. Boustany was against earmarks ... apparently, he's flip-flopped on earmarks too.
2. In a poll commissioned by the Louisiana Democratic Party, and conducted by the Zata 3 polling firm between September 19 to September 23 of 450 random voters, with a 4.6 margin of error, Boustany actually trails Cravins by 1 point amongst informed voters - 37 to 36 percent.
This is good news, but the informed voters thing threw me for a loop. I'm not a pollster, so I didn't understand what it meant. Essentially, an informed voter is given both positive and negative information about both candidates running, and then asked whom they were more likely to vote for.
So ... what that means is that the Cravins campaign has their work cut out for them, as it is apparent that they need to ensure that the voters in LA-07 are aware of the problems that the Lord of Lafayette has.
If you're a concerned Louisianan, and want to see effective representation in Congress ... representation that will fight to get the money needed to rebuild after Hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Ike; representation that will fight for universal access to quality, affordable health care; representation that will always listen to the people before the lobbyists; then y'all need to call one of the following numbers:
Lafayette Office: (337) 233-8777
Lake Charles Office: (337) 315-6625
and tell them y'all want to volunteer. That's the Cravins' campaign office phone #'s, and they'll be more than happy to put y'all to work! |
