CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • LA-06: Cazayoux Will Face Jenkins

    Democratic Voter-Turn Out Significantly Higher Than Republican Turn-Out; Scalise Wins Run-Off Against Burns LA-01: 13,956 41.92% “Tim” Burns – 19,334 58.08% “Steve” Scalise – LA-06 Republicans: 9,327 38.06% Laurinda L. Calongne – 15,177 61.94% Louis “Woody” Jenkins – LA-06 Democrats: 19,803 56.80% “Don” Cazayoux – 15,063 43.20% Michael Jackson –

  • Cillizza: “Landrieu is doing everything right at the moment” and Related Observations

    1. Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post is spot-on in his assessment of the race between Mary Landrieu and John N. Kennedy for the U.S. Senate. Although it was announced today that Kennedy “outpaced” Landrieu in fundraising for the previous quarter (Landrieu still has $2 million more in the bank), it remains to be seen who is giving what. Detailed reports will be available in a week or two. Cillizza writes: Louisiana: For all the talk among Republicans about how vulnerable Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) is to the challenge from state Treasurer John Kennedy (R), we’ve yet to see evidence…

  • “His passing has left a great hole in the fabric of this fine city.” Ashley Morris: Rest In Peace

    Update 2: Donate to Ashley’s family by clicking here. Update: MP3 (NOT SAFE FOR WORK, SMALL CHILDREN, SOME HOUSE PETS, OR PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, MIAMI, SAN FRANCISCO, TEXAS, KANSAS, AND IOWA) Prominent (and most awesome) New Orleans activist, blogger, and educator Ashley Morris died yesterday in Florida. Arrangements are pending and will be announced on his blog. Louisiana just lost one of her champions. See also: Your Right Hand Thief (Oyster) New Orleans Patriot, professor, musician, cigar aficionado, blogger, husband, father, Saints fan, techie, polymath… truly a generous, original, vital soul Tim’s Nameless Blog When we had…