Republican Congressional Candidate Hopes Katrina Victims Don't Move Back

[Coastie for Truth]

Huffington Post 9/28

Louisiana State Senator Craig Romero (R) visited Washington earlier this month under the auspices of raising money for Katrina disaster relief, Roll Call reported today. But the trip was also an opportunity for Romero to drum up support for his run for Congress in Louisiana’s 3rd district now held by Democrat Charlie Melancon.

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.

[tompayne1]

1. If.

It might go republican if the republicans don't get swallowed by the pit of filthy corupption they have been digging for the past 5 years.

[CitrusLib]

2. Yeah, I'll just bet he does.

The word 'Opportunist' comes to mind. So does Prick.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. I think he's missing one fine detail.

The poor people who've got nothing beyond what's actually down there won't have much choice but to go back. It's the rich fuck Republicans that are just going to up and leave because they don't NEED to go back.