CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • CNN: Democrats Accuse Republicans of Illegal Campaigning (Here in Louisiana)

    Ryan at the Daily Kingfish and Mike Stagg at Louisiana D2D have been all over this story, which made its first appearance in the national MSM this morning. From CNN: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is accusing the House Republicans’ campaign committee of illegally coordinating advertising with an outside group in a competitive Louisiana special election. The DCCC, which works to elect House Democrats, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday arguing there’s evidence The National Republican Congressional Committee was involved in a TV script for an ad by the conservative group Freedom’ s Watch. According to campaign…

  • Jim Brown: Obama’s Bitterness Comment

    Presidential Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama found himself in hot water last week over what he perceives to be “bitterness” in small-town America. The criticism came from Republicans, as well as his Democratic opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton. According to his opponents, Obama is both elitist and out of touch by saying that small-town voters “cling to religion and guns in bad economic times.” So is Obama all that much out of touch? Far from it. He’s right on the money. Those who are really “out of touch” are the political insiders in both parties who cannot shake their Washington inside the…

  • Miscellaneaux

    1. Oyster of Your Right Hand Thief directs us to remembrances of Dr. Ashley Morris. 2. Speaking of which, Ray in New Orleans publishes the poignant and touching eulogy he prepared for Ashley’s (apparently exuberant and moving) funeral. See also: Jeffrey at the Library Chronicles. 3. Mike Stagg posts one of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s most profound and prescient speeches about the relationship between war and true patriotism. 4. Jim at Jindal Watch recalls the day when he, as a child, first met Governor Earl K. Long. 5. Cable Versus Fiber: Lafayette Pro-Fiber Blog.