That's cute, incredibly endearing.  

Let's think Louisiana a little longer term than Jackson.  Here's a couple examples:

Lessee, Ed Edwards, the Democrat who served more terms than any other Louisiana governor, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on racketeering charges (he's set to be released in 2011).  The only highly competitive race he ran was against that discriminatin' darling of the dirty south, David Duke.

Mayor Nagin's first term in office he issued 84 warrants for corruption and bribery within City Hall.  Among the arrested was the mayor's cousin.  The result?  Not a cleaner city hall.  A perception that Nagin was disloyal --to the cousin he had arrested, to the administration of his popular predecessor Marc Morial (which he frequently insinuated was complicit in City Hall corruption), and to the city's African-American population as a whole.

What else does it mean to love New Orleans? Well, the Parish would have gotten a whole lot more pre-K [pre-katrina]  help from the federal gov't for fixing roads and whatnot if they didn't turn it down each year cuz the liquor lobby gives `em more.  You see, if the parishes accept money from the federal gov't to fix roads, they also have to enforce open container laws  (no more drive through daiquiri shops, no more plastic cups of liquor to go, and worst of all-  if you got caught in a car w/ more than 3 open containers per 3 passengers, you'd be arrested.... and then the terrorists win).

But back to the blog.  It's an endearing little inside the beltway perception that your endorsement of Katy Carter- or even this race- matters.  That anything that happens on the Hill- Democratic Caucus be damned- is going to clean up corruption in Louisiana and make that state a better place.  You wanna fix post-K damage?  You've heard the new NOLA slogan: faite le vous-meme

In the 156th, which will determine control of the state house, Dem Baraba McIllvane Smith is now ahead of Republican Shannon Royer by 23 votes.

PoliticalMoneyLine has a front page piece today on Jefferson's fundraising.

Rep. Jefferson Takes in Foundation Money
11/28/2006

Rep. William Jefferson�s campaign reported raising $72,485 and spending $207,302 from 10/19 to 11/19. The Jefferson Committee�s pre-runoff report showed cash on hand of $177,247. The receipts showed $5,000 from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in Columbus, Ohio. Also listed were as donors were Jeffco Services $4,200; A1 Absolute Best Care LLC $500; A-Plus Promotions $2,100; Mel Professional Temporaries LLC $1,000; Scott and Sons Builders LLC $2,100; SMW LLC $2,100; among others.

The committee also received funds from Becerra for Congress $1,000; Donna Christensen $$1,500; Danny K Davis for Congress $2,100; DC Friends of Bill Clay $300; Friends of Corrine Brown $1,000; John Lewis for Congress $2,000; Mel Watt for Congress $2,000; Butterfield for Congress $500; Clay Jr. for Congress $500; Cleaver for Congress $2,000; Kilpatrick for US Congress $2,100; and People Helping People PAC (Maxine Waters) $2,500.

http://tray.com/

Is Jefferson running in the red?