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." 

Bobby Jindal continued his onslaught against the supposed Republican Party Regulars over the weekend, and gained some more national media attention in the meantime. But this time it didn't come free of rebuttal, as Tulane prof and national commentator Melissa Harris-Perry took on the gov on her MSNBC show.

With Mayor Mitch on a tear, y'all might have forgotten that the Landrieus aren't the only political dynasty in town. Playing Neville to their Andrews are the Morial family. Today, Marc Morial hits the national airwaves to discuss presidential politics, energy, and foreign policy. Stay tuned, we're live-blogging the highlights.

     After you pass the half century mark in your life, waking up in the morning is akin to opening pandora’s box. You never quite know what mysterious medical ailment awaits the start of your day.

The stakes are high in the race to represent a large chunk of the metro area in Congress. But the candidates' voices were low Tuesday night.

If the Richmond v. Cao grudge match was a high school, Anh 'Joseph' Cao would be the jealous, unpopular kid who tried to make friends by spreading rumors about the cool kids. Cedric Richmond, meanwhile, would be that kid that wasn't necessarily selling drugs or anything cool like that, but still seemed to know the cool people. Richmond lined up some of the Democratic party's cool kids this week, signalling that he's not going to let Cao drag him mudward. To add to his Obama spot, Mayor Mitch lent Richmond the Hype Machine for an ad that rolled out during the LSU-Florida squeaker. Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine was in town to talk up the Ced. We remain unimpressed - until he gets Oprah.

NoDef knows a couple things to be true. One, the Left cannot help but fight amongst themselves. Two, Louisiana has always done things a little different from the rest of the country; sometimes the rest of the country does not appreciate that. These givens came to a head this week when the Young Democrats of Louisiana and the Young democrats of America went to war over an election.

Once again reality proves stranger then fiction in Louisiana. This past week has been full of quotables, such as Dr. Larry Hollier when he described a grim meeting in Baton Rouge, where State University administrators proposed education cutbacks due to the expiration of Federal stimulus funds as ³wonderful for motivation and team building². Based on uncertainties on the exact budget for the next fiscal year, we are looking at a decrease of 20% to 30%  in State Funding at the University level. The encouragement ensues with LSU System Chancellor John Lombardi, "This is gruesome, this is painful- this is extraordinarily serious²

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