April 5, 2008 - Clancy DuBos ( a well respected political commentator) commented on April 5, 2008.  WWL-TV Channel 4 10PM News ...

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I think this will be the first race since 1977—I’m dating myself—I
covered that race—uh—that was Bob Livingston against Ron Faucheaux. 
This will be probably the closest or at least most hotly contested
philosophically since that race. And I think for the reasons that Gilda
Reed pointed out.  She talked about how you have a chance to send
somebody up to be the majority party and that will be her big card that
she can play.  "I can make a difference because I’ll be in the party
that controls things".  Whereas Scalise will say, "Yes, but I am more
philosophically attuned to you guys."  And that will be an interesting
contest—one candidate running on philosophy, the other one running on
effectiveness.

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