Hey y'all, just wanted to stop by and tell y'all that the NRSC is pulling out of Louisiana and has apparently given up on Wanna Be.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has decided to pull its television advertising out of Louisiana, a decision that drastically reduces the party's chances at its lone takeover opportunity in this election cycle.
The ads, according to buy information obtained by The Fix, will end next Tuesday -- two weeks before the Nov. 4 election between Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) and state Treasurer John Kennedy (R).
NRSC communications director Rebecca Fisher offered no comment when asked about the move to pull down the ads.
The decision to stop advertising in the race against Landrieu reflects a recognition by the NRSC of the stark financial reality it faces in the fall campaign. The Republican committee has been consistently outraised by its Democratic counterpart and, as the political environment has worsened for the GOP in recent weeks, several Republican senators that appeared safe -- Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Saxby Chambliss (Ga.) to name two -- have suddenly appeared more vulnerable.
And this is my favorite part of all:
The news is a blow for Kennedy who was personally lured into the race by former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, and touted as one of the few recruiting successes for Senate GOPers in an admittedly difficult cycle.
Now we are even closer to 60 seats than before. Let me congratulate Mary Landrieu for running a GREAT campaign and all of you pelicans on a job well done!
[Editor's Note]But don't get complacent, y'all! Leave it on the field, and make sure that you volunteer to get folks to the polls, starting on Tuesday, when early voting starts!
