PPP/Daily Kos: LA-02: Dems poised for pickup

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PPP for Daily Kos (10/2-3, 605 LVs, MoE +/- 4.0%):

Louisiana 2nd district:
Cedric Richmond (D): 49%
Joseph Cao (R, Inc.): 38%

LA-02 is a Democratic stronghold, favoring Charlie Melancon over David Vitter by a 65%-28% margin. Indeed, if it weren't for the fact that he was running against a crook in 2008, Cao never would have gotten elected in the first place. He's voted to the left of any other Republican in the House -- even supporting health care reform -- and voters in the district actually have a favorable opinion of him by a 50%-29% margin. That's identical to the 50%-28% positive rating for Richmond, but Cao's support for the GOP leadership and by extension its agenda appears to be too high a hurdle for him to overcome, especially with ads like this from President Obama endorsing his Democratic opponent Cedric Richmond.

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Out of the entire House of Reps. he seems like the only half way decent Repube. But hey

if he's gotta go he's gotta go.

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2. politically speaking he would have been smart to switch parties once he got in the house.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Yup he doesn't really strike me as an ideologue but i don't know much

about him.

[Cosmocat]

4. the pressure on this guy has been epic ...

the R party BREAKS anyone who dares vote out of line ... Just breaks them ... You either vote like Boehner, or you get evicerated ...

that is something that far too many people here just do not get ... There is no middle anymore, and no Rs who are capable of voting anything but what the party dictates ... The only moderates/independents in the house are the "Bluedogs" ...