GOP candidate hopes Katrina victims won't move back, so NO turns red

[Rose Siding]

The Huffington Post has acquired pages from a packet of candidate information that Romero handed out to special interest groups: A main selling point of Romero's candidacy is that if Katrina's victims don't move back home, the district will go Republican.

In the 2004 election, 50.2 percent voted for Democrat Charles Melancon and 49.8 percent for Rep. Billy Tauzin (R).

Romero's campaign information includes a pie chart that shows the district's make-up without the residents who were displaced by Katrina. Leaving those residents out, the chart says the district would be have voted 57.1 percent Republican and 42.9 percent Democrat in the 2004 election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/09/28/republican-congressional-_n_8019.html

[TahitiNut]

1. So, will it be renamed "New Oileans"???

Petro-Disney. The "Freedom Quarter." From Joan of Arc to Noah's Ark -- a single-hulled tanker?

[D_Master]

2. And the right says...

I hear people on the right saying the dems are trying to politicize the tragedy of N.O. for political gain...pathetic.

[losdiablosgato]

3. I work in Houston, and my company moved most of the NO people here to work

Most I have talked to do not want to go back. They are taking a liking to Houston. Lower cost of living, higher wages (no joke my company pays more in Houston then in NO for the same job), and more opportunities.

[newyawker99]

4. Hi D_Master!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: