John Kennedy, in pursuit of votersFOSTER CAMPBELL, the Democratic candidate in Louisiana’s unfinished Senate race, is thrilled by the influx of support from beyond the state. “Send it on!”, he says of the donations from Hollywood stars and others in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s defeat. For some, his campaign has become a last stand against Republican hegemony, a political Alamo on the bayou. “Hallelujah!”, he exclaimed at an event this week in Baton Rouge.
In a parallel universe, the outcome of the run-off on December 10th might have determined control of the Senate. In that case, chuckles Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, “there would probably be $10bn” pouring in. Still, he says at a gathering of Republican volunteers in Metairie, on the outskirts of New Orleans, “a one-vote majority”, his party’s current advantage in the incoming Senate, “is pretty precarious.” Extending it is important enough for Mike Pence to visit on December 3rd.
He may be too late—because, as Robert Mann of Louisiana State University says, the “real race” may...Continue reading
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