[StBernard] New Orleans Mayoral Election

[Westley Annis]

John,
2011 may be far enough post-Katrina that losing the mayor's race will be
forgotten or at least buried in folks' memories.  As for the NOLA black
vote, if they don't have a candidate in the race, they'll probably push the
button for him.  Just my opinion of course.
 
Now, to me what would be interesting to see is this:  Boasso runs against
Blanco and wins.  Comes up for reelection in 2011.  Would Landrieu consider
a run against him?  Sometimes it's good to sit back and watch the fun. <g>
 
Jim

 
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	Mitch has made it known in political circles he has every intention
of
	running for governor - not necessarily against Blanco (even if he
wants to
	and feels he could beat her) because the fall out within the
Democratic
	Party would create havoc. No, Mitch is probably looking to 2011 to
make his
	bid for the Governor's mansion. And, he'll be well financed - that's
	because he's well financed as of this day - and he's got five more
years to
	build up his war chest even more - with Pappa "Moon" and Big Sister
Senator
	to help. You can bet the Democratic party will cut a deal with
Mitch...if
	he stays out the governor's race next year and backs Blanco, then
they'll
	give him the nod in 2011. That would make sense.
	
	It will be interesting to see if his losing the mayor's race will
end up
	hurting him in a state wide election - now the question looms if he
can
	absolutely carry the black vote in New Orleans. Still, he has plenty
of
	time to lick his "political" wounds. Perhaps a good test will be a
strong
	challenger to his Lt. Governor's seat. We'll see.
	
	John Scurich