Mary Landrieu's last stand?
BATON ROUGE, La. — A one-woman political machine, Mary Landrieu is methodical.
After 18 years in the United States Senate and a lifetime in Louisiana politics, not even 100,000 mostly drunken revelers at a recent Louisiana State University football tailgate could shake Landrieu from her routine. She stuck to her talking points and paid close attention to details others might overlook — even as chaos erupted around her — right down to the brand of the single beer she nursed over the course of the day’s protracted, chaotic photo-op: Abita, a local brew.
One of the first tailgates she visited here on a September Saturday was hosted by her brother, Mitch, the mayor of New Orleans. It was here, a friendly oasis in a vast sea of purple and yellow tents and trailers, that the embattled Democratic senator gathered nearly two dozen volunteers donning “I’m With Mary” shirts and stickers, in a circle around her. Landrieu, acting like she was her own field director, split the larger group in half, dispatching one team to follow a staffer and another to follow her.
“Ask people to wear a sticker. Not everyone's going to be a supporter, but be friendly!”Landrieu said, mapping out the ground her team would cover over the next three hours.
Given recent polls showing her neck and neck with her Republican opponent, Rep. Bill Cassidy, she was not wrong in her assessment of the friendliness of the terrain. Over the next few hours, she would be booed to her face — and would seek out and shake the hands of her hecklers. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/mary-landrieu-s-last-stand-042159885.html
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/congress/344/reportcard/CAREER/
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