Breauxit

Timshel posted this today, and to be fair, I should note it. John Breaux is a Blue Dog Democrat who I voted for in 1986 when he defeated the truly awful Henson Moore--once again, a lesser of two evils if there ever was one.

To be realistic, I've never expected much from the Senator, and he certainly hasn't let me down in that respect. And, as far as his possible resignation to take the post of lobbyist for the MPAA--once again, you've got a Congressman collecting the big bucks as a lifetime achievement award for pandering to the monied interests anyway. In a sense, good riddance.

CrawlingWestward, though, has a good point. If Breaux will resign right now (and he'd have good reason to do so), Governor Blanco could appoint Chris John (or anyone else) to the seat, which would be an excellent means of generating statewide name recognition before the general election in 2004--and, better yet, could put some hurt on David Vitter, Republican from Metarie.

Republican from Metarie--what else do you need to say?