LA-Sen: Another Potential Vitter Foe Emerges

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In a breaking story, Bayoubuzz.com and The Louisiana Weekly have learned that a Campaign has begun to draft former Fifth District Congressman Dr. John Cooksey to run in the GOP primary against David Vitter in 2010.
Moreover, sources close to the Monroe Ophthalmologist say that the retired member of Congress is very interested. So interested, in fact, that he is willing to commit a sizable portion of his personal savings to a campaign against the incumbent Republican Senator.

"John is willing to put up $200,000 of his own money to take on Vitter. He only wants to know that there is public support for a run," said a senior advisor to the former Congressman-who asked not to be named.

200 G's is not nothin', but Cooksey will need to amass considerably more financial support in order to have a shot against Vitter in a primary. (Perhaps the bastards at the American Academy of Ophthalmology may be willing to lend an assist to one of their own here.) Cooksey, a former Representative who served in the House for three terms, was last seen flaming out spectacularly in Louisiana's 2002 Senate race after he compared turbans to diapers, winning only 14% in the multi-party primary.

So now we have Cooksey, Tony Perkins, and Secretary of State Jay Dardenne all sniffing around Vitter's seat. Let's just hope that someone can get off the pot soon.


http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4504

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Oh shit." - Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R)

"They are sniffing around my seat? They have got to be fellow, um, republicon homelanders."

- Sen. Diaper Dave Vitter (R)

[merh]

2. Are you kidding me? This isn't a "for real" threat to run.

This is, "if I say I will run, maybe they will give me a cush appointment or nifty job" kind of run.

[Thrill]

3. Where the heck are the Democratic contenders?