Louisiana officials negotiating with Gov. Blanco for Vitter Replacement: CLG Exclusive

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http://www.legitgov.org/vitter_replacement_appointment_130707.html">Citizens for Legitimate Government - Exclusive

Breaking CLG Exclusive: La. GOP officials negotiating with governor for Vitter replacement appointment By Lori R. Price 13 Jul 2007 Citizens for Legitimate Government (www.legitgov.org) has learned that Louisiana Democratic Party insiders say that Republican officials are attempting to negotiate with Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) for a possible replacement appointment for Senator David Vitter (R), should he suddenly resign.

Citizens for Legitimate Government has also received information that Vitter is in the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans.

This story will be updated.

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Way to GO CLG. They got the phone numbers from Palfrey, the DC Madam, and they got this.

Alternative news replaces the not ready for prime time networks with this exclusive.

ON EDIT: When Blanco appoints a Democrat,
guess who we don't need anymore - LIEberman!!!

[Swamp Rat]

1. Fuck that!

Blanco better select a Democrat! She's history anyway, and the repukes here have trashed her day and night her entire time in office... so FUCK THEM!!!

NEVER MAKE DEALS WITH FASCISTS!!!

[autorank]

3. She better select a liberal-left Democrat - Maybe her emergency services director

If it's still that deceng guy she brought in after Katrina.

I hear you brother. What negotiation. Vitter has to go, bye bye!

[Hippo_Tron]

37. There's no liberal-left Democrat that can get elected in 2008

Charlie Melancon is probably the best choice for the job, IMO. He'll vote moderate-conservative but he will also have far more party loyalty than someone like Joe Lieberman.

[burythehatchet]

42. The need is now, not in 2008

[liberaldemocrat7]

43. Kathleen Blanco signed the Louisiana abortion ban. Do you believe she will pick a liberal?

Will she even pick a Democrat?

Blanco jumped in bed with the anti abortion crowd. She acts as a Republican in my view.

Does Louisiana still ban abortions or did the law get overturned yet in the courts?

[burythehatchet]

44. Given what's at stake, she doesn't dare do anything but eliminate holy joe

[Hippo_Tron]

48. Melancon would do an adequate job neutralizing Holy Joe's threats

But it's pointless to fill the vacancy with someone who can't win.

[burythehatchet]

53. it shifts the balance of power in the senate?

Can there be anything more of a useful condition than that when the senate hears the case for impeachment?

[pitohui]

54. charlie melancon would be my pick EOM

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[autorank]

15. If Blanco puts in a real Democrat, we can tell LIEberman to get lost!!!

Oh, please give us this opportunity, holy earth mother, and allow our party to
be free form the warmongering influence, all allowed by the whoremongering of
a hypocrite.

This is too close to pure poetic justice to not happen the right way.

[Sanctified]

16. Most likely she will have to work with them.

Vitter is not just an embarrassment to his party but to the entire State of Louisiana and he does not have to resign his position. So she has the choice of not working with them and keeping a black eye on Louisiana or working with them and show the rest of the country that Louisiana does not allow corruption. Hopefully she can negotiate a deal where you guys get a moderate to left leaning republican but I highly doubt you will get a Liberal.

[pitohui]

19. hate to agree w anyone nicked miltonf but yeah EOM

.

[Sanctified]

32. Man I get so much shit for having the first name Milton and last name Frank

n/t

[Alexander]

24. She could at least swing a conservative-to-moderate Democrat.

I don't mean like Zell Miller or Joe Lieberman, I mean like Jim Webb or Jon Tester.

Having the entire country know that you like to visit prostitutes and wear dirty diapers is too humiliating for ANYONE to bear.

[OzarkDem]

30. She doesn't have to appoint an R

Republicans aren't going to do anything for LA, they've already shown that.

She has nothing to lose and everything to gain by appointing a Dem - someone whose vote in Congress will help get funds to rebuild.

[Sanctified]

33. He does not have to resign either.

The only way she can appoint someone is if he steps down, the Republicans are not going to have him resign unless they know they get to keep his seat in Louisiana.

[Swamp Rat]

36. He is going to resign.

[liberaldemocrat7]

45. Swamp Rat you need to make that a poster and sell it!!!

LOLOLOL

It would also make a nice round sticker :)

[Swamp Rat]

49. I think dicksteele needs to put his name on it.

Since it's his. :D

:hi:

I do, though, have a round sticker for you:

[Sanctified]

55. Love the Pic

but it's going to take more than shame to get him to resign, look at the current bunch of ass-hats in the White House they are proof that the republican party has no sense of shame or dignity.

You should save this picture though and use it every time a republican runs for office in your state. You need to figure out a way to change the text so it's still valid 10 years from now.

Maybe top, "Republicans we are more worried about leaks, than the state of Louisiana." bottom, "Republicans we can absorb a lot."

[spanone]

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[hootinholler]

56. I figure she'd be thinkin it's payback time. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

2. Bianco needs to tell the GOP to stuff it

after all the crap and faux blame they put on her after Katrina... eeeyikes

[Hubert Flottz]

4. If Dave Vitter thinks he can keep his honor and dignitude after this

I think he is(rats)only shitting himself...please(rats)Dave turn your self in today...Call(rats)U 8 1 2 long and ask for Roto Rudy...you'll be glad you did.

this has been your second semi-subliminal(rats)message for the day...(rats)

[Aviation Pro]

5. A short list of items that Blanco should ask for.....

1. All the state's National Guard troops back.
2. Complete replacement of every piece of their equipment.
3. A federal grant in the amount of $400,000,000,000 to rebuild New Orleans.
4. An additional $100,000,000,000 for the people of Louisiana.
5. The reparation of every dollar of profit that the oil companies have reaped for destroying the delta.
6. The arrest and conviction of Michael Brown and Bela Chertoff.
7. The removal of every Blackwater contractor from every parish.

That's for starters.

[depakid]

9. You can't make deals with Republicans- ever. They'll renig every time.

[Aviation Pro]

10. Make it a short suspense date....

...30 days for every demand or face the consequences.

[autorank]

13. Tha'ts a great list. You KNOW how to negotiate! n/t

[Mz Pip]

6. Assholes

WHere were they when there was talk of having to replace Tim Johnson? No way were they suggesting that Johnson be replaced by another Democrat.

Screw that.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Maribelle]

7. Under Louisiana's election laws, Blanco can pick a Democrat

And I would be astounded if she did not pick a Democrat.

I wonder if the "Republican officials" attempting to negotiate will make Vitter stay put if Blanco does not give in to their demands?

[ljm2002]

25. And remind me again...

...just how making Vitter stay put is a negotiating position? I mean, go ahead, make him stay. It will be easy to make him a laughing stock, and by extension to smear the entire Republic party, which of course they richly deserve.

Please, Governor Blanco, laugh in their faces when they simper over to start "negotiating" with you!

[JerseygirlCT]

26. Yes, what else might they have to negotiate with?

[ljm2002]

47. Well, being as how they are Republics...

...I'm betting there is coordination with the national party members -- the pressure could be aid to Louisiana.

Now if I were a Democratic pol, I'd start applying pressure from the other side: play ball now, and when we take over the White House in 2008 your state will be in a much better position... and of course, since we'll have a bigger majority, we should also be able to do something for Louisiana in the short term as well.

But I just don't see Vitter, whether he stays or goes, as a viable bargaining chip.

:-)

[stevedeshazer]

8. Wonder why he's in the hospital?

Is he taking the "hooker addiction cure"?

And why should Gov. Blanco negotiate with the fuckin' Republicans?

Especially after they practically blamed her for causing Hurricane Katrina?

Can't wait to read the next chapter.

[autorank]

17. Steve, he's in full retreat after this little ....

Gem The power of the pen;)

[stevedeshazer]

34. OWW!

Maybe he's being re-bobitted, then?!

[Tarheel_Dem]

40. Re-bobitted?????

:rofl: :spank: :rofl: :spank: :rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

11. And K & R, btw

Thanks for the heads-up, Mr. Rank.

[Riverman]

12. Bush and Republicans screwed LA - This had better be payback

Grow a Backbone Democrats!

[Catherine Vincent]

14. Good scoop!

:kick:

[Alexander]

18. please, please, please, please, PLEASE let this happen.

I'm agnostic, but I'm flexible.

[autorank]

21. Me too, why not. Blanco must be toying with them like a cat with a mouse.

Vitter has to go, he's a disgrace. What next? Pictures.

She can wait, he can't. The people will insist on it.

Bye, bye Vitter and good luck for those who trusted him, like Rudy G.

[Alexander]

23. Maybe Blanco could appoint herself?

I didn't think Vitter would resign over a hooker, but the diaper thing is too much for even him to bear.

He's the laughingstock of the Senate right now.

Maybe Blanco's career isn't quite over yet...

[pitohui]

28. she can't appoint herself i don't think

would that she could

[dsc]

31. she probably can

though that generally doesn't work out well. Most self appointed Senators lose.

[BuyingThyme]

20. Should we take up a collection and send some

prostitutes over to Vitter's place?

[autorank]

57. That's the type of thoughtful attitude that brings a smile to people's faces.

O8)

[Spazito]

22. It would make sense, it seems to me, that Blanco would choose

a Democrat because a Democratic Senate that doesn't need Lieberman's vote would be more likely to pass legislation that would address the needs of Louisiana than the current Senate being held hostage by Lieberman.

Appointing a repub wouldn't get Louisiana any more help than they are getting now, it would remain the "non-issue" it seems to be and any promises made by the repubs to Blanco would not be worth the spittle it would take for them to utter them, imo.

[NCarolinawoman]

29. Revenge on Bush for all the crap they threw at her.

I'm not saying she's perfect, but she needs to GO FOR IT!

[NCarolinawoman]

27. My very first thoughts were LIEBERMAN!!!

I just don't want to get my hopes up. It would seem too good to be true.

[cascadiance]

46. Though it wouldn't probably happen, how about picking Lamont?!

I at least could dream about that sort of DRIPPING irony happening to shove it up Lieberman's you no what!

I guess one other safe bet of someone it WON'T be would be Jefferson, even if he's from that state!

[Hippo_Tron]

51. Lamont isn't a resident of Louisiana

[cascadiance]

61. I know, but like I said, I could dream! :)

I could also dream of Lieberman being found on DC Madam's list too. That might be a bit more realistic!

[fooj]

52. See post #50.

We've never needed Lieberman. :hi:

[autorank]

58. Maybe the Senate would take a cue from the House.

They really snapped to attention. Spring 2008, fine, at least it's a deadline.

Now we need the Senate to do the same. They could just keep passing it over and over
each month and let what's his name veto it. See how they like that position.

[Gman]

35. Imagine a GOP governor replacing a Dem Senator with another Dem

Yeah, right. Ain't never going to happen so why play nice with the GOP after the trashing and thrashing they gave Blanco after Katrina.

[autorank]

59. Right and remember that ass Ventura in MN and his replacement.

An obscenity. Payback!

[CK_John]

38. Blanco will be a disappointment, if you expect leadership or a tough decision maker. n/t

[AnnInLa]

39. Lafayette Newspaper Reported Yesterday

that although the Republics in the state had circled the wagons around Vitter and publicly stating how effective a leader he is, they were privately talking to Blanco about appointing a Republic to Vitter's seat in case he should resign. They mentioned Dave Treen, a former governor, and moderate Republic to replace Vitter, and said that Treen had agreed to fill the seat until a special election could be called.

Today's Lafayette newspaper, had Republics denying all of the above, saying that Vitter would be back at work on Tuesday.

www.theadvertiser.com

Now, it would be stupid for the Republics in this state NOT to have been making contingency plans in case Vitter resigns. Of course they were doing that. And, Blanco would NOT appoint a Dem, she would follow the will of the Republic Party and then say it was the will of the electorate who elected Vitter. Any hope that she would appoint a Dem to get back at GWB should be given up. She wants someone who can get the most $$$ out of the fed govt for LA recovery, and that would be a Republic, not a Dem, unfortunately.

The New Orleans blog, www.righthandthief.blogspot.com said that the rumors that Vitter was hospitalized were not founded, but false.

I hope to hell he resigns, but I think he will tough it out until his term is over. His high expectation to be Rudy's running mate (VP) are out the window, however. He will never hold the highest offices in the land, and he wanted that badly. Tough shit, Vitter.

[Tarheel_Dem]

41. My question....why should Blanco care what the GOP thinks?

She's on her way out. And if she's holding out hope that a Repub replacement is going to be anymore effective than Vitter has been so far at getting disaster relief for NO, I suggest she put down that pipe. The Repubs don't want recovery under a Blanco administration, they're waiting to use the lack of recovery as a campaign ploy against the Democratic Party.

Do The Right Thing, Governor.

[autorank]

60. I for one support him as Rudy's running mate. The dream team...

... I don't fathom the mysteries of Louisiana politics. Any Governor in the state with discretion
would pick a member of their own party to replace a resigned member of the opposing party.

If it's money she wants for Louisiana, she's wasting her time appointing a Republic. She has a ton
of money and whatever more there is won't go to Louisiana. The state of Halliburton has it.

It's absolutely frightening to think that Vitter would have ended up on the ticket with Guilianni,
although the discovery of this little morsel would have been a find moment in the 2008 campaign,
nothing better. What a team, the master of blatant infidelity and "the lady's man."

Maybe Blanco will make a mistake and appoint a real Democrat.

[fooj]

50. We NEVER needed Lieberman. This has been posted here numerous times.

http://politicalinsider.com/2007/02/liebermans_switch_wouldnt_flip.html

Lieberman Switch Wouldn't Flip Senate

With Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) publicly stating he'd consider becoming a Republican if Democrats block new funding for the Iraq War, many Democrats worry that control of the Senate hangs in the balance. However, their fears are unfounded. Many think back to 2001 when former Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) began caucusing with Democrats instead of Republicans, taking control of the Senate out of GOP hands. However, the two situations - though outwardly similar - contain one important difference.

If Lieberman were to caucus with the Republicans, they would still not take full control of the Senate, despite Vice President Dick Cheney's ability to break 50-50 ties. This is because of a little-known Senate organizing resolution, passed in January, which gives Democrats control of the Senate and committee chairmanships until the beginning of the 111th Congress.

What's the difference between now and 2001? A small but important distinction. When the 107th Congress was convened on January 3, 2001, Al Gore was still the Vice President and would be for another two-and-a-half weeks. Therefore, because of the Senate's 50-50 tie, Democrats had nominal control of the chamber when the organizing resolution came to a vote. With Dick Cheney soon to come in, however, Democrats allowed Republicans to control the Senate in return for a provision on the organizing resolution that allowed for a reorganization of the chamber if any member should switch parties, which Jeffords did five months later. There was no such clause in the current Senate's organizing resolution.

I've sent Reid e-mails on several occasions asking WHY he continues to mislead us regarding this issue.

[Dinger]

62. Yup!

[autorank]

63. Major Media is covering bloggers now!!! On this topic. Excellent article

http://tinyurl.com/2rjvbx