What, you thought the 2008 election cycle was over?
This Saturday, Louisiana will go to the polls to vote in two congressional races that were delayed by Hurricane Gustav: LA-02, where William Jefferson (D-Cold Hard Cash) is the incumbent and LA-04 where Republican Rep. Jim McCrery is retiring. Only the latter is considered competitive. The Pollster trend estimate has Democrat Paul Carmouche up over Republican John Fleming by less than 3% (although that may have been seriously skewed by a rogue internal poll that showed Carmouche up 11 points.)
Although this race has a far lower profile than the GA-Sen run-off, it has still attracted the big guns:
Cameos by President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney have brought star power to a hurricane-delayed battle between Democrats and Republicans for an up-for-grabs U.S. House seat.Obama recorded a radio ad to help Democrat Paul Carmouche, while Cheney helped with fundraising and GOP up-and-comer Gov. Bobby Jindal helped with a television ad for Republican candidate John Fleming.
I'm surprised Sarah Palin hasn't made an appearance, Lord knows she delivered Georgia to Saxby!
Two days out from election day, once again we have an opportunity to paint a little swath of blue in one of the reddest of red states and it would certainly be a bit of consolation for having lost Cazayoux's seat on Nov. 4th. So what can we do?
The DCCC is asking for our help.
The last race of the year -- the hurricane-delayed election in Louisiana's 4th District -- is this Saturday. The AP calls the race "up-for-grabs" and says it'll be about who can get more of their voters to the polls.That's where you come in.
Help us win this last race of the year: remind supporters to vote through our virtual phonebank.
It's simple: we'll give you a short list of voters to call and some points to mention as you remind voters about the upcoming election. These calls will make a huge difference in this neck-and-neck race.
You can access the virtual phone bank tool HERE.
Republicans are already spinning Chambliss's win on Tuesday as evidence that Obama has no mandate. Right. Let's nip that narrative in the bud by delivering President-elect Obama one more seat to his majority in the House.
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