Today The Fix looked at the 2008 Senate line, and had this to say about the reelection race of Mary Landrieu (D) in Louisiana:
If Republican can get Baker to run, which looks more likely than not at the moment, this is their best pick-up chance of the cycle.
Landrieu might well be the most endangered Democrat in the 2008 Senate races, but I have a hard time seeing how that turns on whether or not Baker runs. Sure he's a top Republican on the Financial Services Committee (so he should be able to raise lots of money) and he's been in the House for 20 years, but he has not run statewide, and I can't imagine he has much name recognition outside his base (around Baton Rouge). Plus he'll have his infamous Katrina comment to deal with: "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did." Why wouldn't the Republicans prefer Secretary of State Jay Dardenne (who just won statewide last year) or a Republican whose name recognition will be lifted in this year's statewide races (for example, businessman John Georges)?
Posted by armand at February 16, 2007 01:27 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics