Recently, State Sen. Elbert Guillory became the latest Louisiana pol to pull the party switch, making the Democratic state senator a Republican one. Now, weeks after that switch was announced, Guillory released a video on "Why I'm a Republican." 

As he has done plenty of times before, U.S. Sen. John McCain is standing up for catfish farmers from...Vietnam. The one-time presidential candidate and Vietnam war vet continued his crusade to stave off a trade war with the Southeast Asian countries during last week's Farm Bill debate. This time, however, McCain brought the war to the home front when he managed to insult Gulf seafood in the process. Louisiana's own Sen. Mary Landrieu wasn't having it, and sent McCain's amendment back to the bottom of the legislative pond.

Bobby Jindal's tax axe continues to reveal new subtleties, perhaps indicating that it's still being forged. While campaigning for the governor's proposal to do away with state income tax this week, one of the key advocates preaching the virtues of the plan admitted that the increase to sales tax would be more than the administration previously thought.

The highest court in Louisiana has a new Big Chief. Justice Bernette Johnson was sworn in today as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court on the steps of the courthouse in the French Quarter. After taking the oath of office, which was administered by her daughter, the New Orleans native officially became the first African American to lead the court.

In a series of tweets responding to concerns over the coming "sequestering" deadline, Gov. Bobby Jindal has dismissed the fears, citing that the cuts from the federal budget is an insignificant amount.

With Bobby Jindal looking toward the White House, it's already time to start thinking about who will replace him in Baton Rouge. One candidate already emerged from the field on Wendesday: State Rep. John Bel Edwards. The Amite Democrat made the announcement on this morning's edition of The Jim Engster Show, a radio show broadcast on Baton Rouge's WRKF. 

Since dropping the tax axe plan after the new year, Bobby Jindal has yet to elaborate on his proposal to eliminate the state income tax. Those looking for reasons why are likely best served to look at today's episode of Fox and Friends, where the Louisiana gov has been upping the war of words.

by William Dilella

The Louisiana GOP is gunning for Mary Landrieu. Apparently looking to take an early snipe at the state's senior senator, State Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere, released a statement to the media Tuesday asking that senior Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu cancel a weekend fundraiser, which is to be hosted by (in Villere's own words) "Gun-grabbin" Vice President Joe Biden.