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Title: Litmus Test For GOP, Tea Party? Polls Open In La. Race Pitting Boustany vs. Landry UPDATE: GOP Establishment Wins!
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Washinton Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... house-race-could-be-litmus-te/
Published: Dec 9, 2012
Author: Washinton Times/AP
Post Date: 2012-12-09 13:16:43 by Brian S
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Comments: 3
The polls are open in Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District runoff, pitting two Republicans — veteran Rep. Charles Boustany against freshman incumbent Rep. Jeff Landry — in the first post-November 2012 test of the tea party’s influence on the GOP. The two Republicans, forced to run against each after Lousiana lost a seat in the 2010 Census, have each aggressively questioned the other’s conservative credentials since emerging as the two top vote-getters on Nov. 6. But many political pundits and commentators have cast the showdown as a proxy battle between the establishment wing of the GOP, which has backed Mr. Boustany, a close ally of House Speaker John Boehener, and Mr. Landry, who rode the tea party wave into office in 2010. The redrawn district, which includes much of Mr. Boustany’s old district, strongly favors the four-term incumbent. On Nov. 6, Mr. Boustany chalked up about 45 percent of the vote to Mr. Landry’s 30 percent. In addition, Mr. Boustany, 56, who sits on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has outraised and outspent Mr. Landry, 41, almost 2-to-1, according to FEC records. The Boustany campaign has spent almost $4 million, while the Landry camp has spent more than $2 million, according to the required federal filings. But Mr. Landry has had help from Freedom Works for America, the powerful tea party political action committee, and from other tea party leaders in Congress, including South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint and Utah Sen. Mike Lee. The combined $6 million-and-counting price tag, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, makes the House race the state’s costliest congressional contest. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (boo-STAN'-ee) will return to Congress for a fifth term after handily defeating his fellow Republican congressman, Jeff Landry, in a runoff election. Boustany had 60 percent of the vote with 85 percent of precincts reporting late Saturday. The two were forced into the same district when Louisiana lost a seat because of anemic population growth in the latest federal census. Boustany will represent the 3rd District covering southwest Louisiana and Acadiana next year. Republicans will control five of Louisiana's six congressional seats. The race had been attack-heavy, since both men ran as conservative Republicans and had little philosophical ground in which to distinguish themselves. The district design favored Boustany, a traditional Republican allied with House Speaker John Boehner. Landry, a freshman congressman, was the tea party favorite. www2.alabamas13.com/news/...ustany-defeats-landry-la- congressional-seat-ar-5133477/
Boustany Defeats Landry For La. Congressional Seat
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
For the GOP, the answer is "yes, of course." For the Tea Party (prior to being coopted by statist scum-bags), the answer is a resounding "no." By virtue of the fact that you would even post such complete bullshit, it is clear that you are a statist, and a whore. You have no idea what's really going on... and so you keep playing in a rigged game, believing that "our" people are better than "their" people. It's as meaningless as the "good" and "bad" guys in pro-wrestling. It's all a lie, and you're their fucking propagandist. The only thing that makes me smile in all of this, is knowing that you'll get everything you so rightfully deserve. And if that ends up including a piece of lead lodged between your ears, I'll have a drink in celebration. OAF!
Lets be blunt. People like you need to die in large numbers. That is the solution. a k a Stone Dec. 08, 2012
You must have really hit a nerve, for Stone to tell you that so bluntly. But I agree. Now, go fucking die, you fucking parasite.
Litmus Test For GOP, Tea Party?
*Cheers*
#2. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
#3. To: Brian S (#2)
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