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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 09:48 AM
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GOP candidate hopes Katrina victims won't move back, so NO turns red
The Huffington Post has acquired pages from a packet of candidate information that Romero handed out to special interest groups: A main selling point of Romero's candidacy is that if Katrina's victims don't move back home, the district will go Republican.

In the 2004 election, 50.2 percent voted for Democrat Charles Melancon and 49.8 percent for Rep. Billy Tauzin (R).

Romero's campaign information includes a pie chart that shows the district's make-up without the residents who were displaced by Katrina. Leaving those residents out, the chart says the district would be have voted 57.1 percent Republican and 42.9 percent Democrat in the 2004 election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/09/28/republican-congressional-_n_8019.html
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 09:51 AM
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1. So, will it be renamed "New Oileans"???
Edited on Thu Sep-29-05 09:53 AM by TahitiNut
Petro-Disney. The "Freedom Quarter." From Joan of Arc to Noah's Ark -- a single-hulled tanker?
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D_Master Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 10:21 AM
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2. And the right says...
I hear people on the right saying the dems are trying to politicize the tragedy of N.O. for political gain...pathetic.
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losdiablosgato Donating Member (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 12:20 PM
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3. I work in Houston, and my company moved most of the NO people here to work
Most I have talked to do not want to go back. They are taking a liking to Houston. Lower cost of living, higher wages (no joke my company pays more in Houston then in NO for the same job), and more opportunities.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 01:46 PM
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4. Hi D_Master!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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