{"id":14121,"date":"2014-11-14T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T08:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14121"},"modified":"2014-11-14T00:01:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T08:01:31","slug":"landrieu-has-lost-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/14\/landrieu-has-lost-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Landrieu Has Lost It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In more than one spot of late, I have made the comment that I consider the DSCC pulling finding from Mary Landrieu\u2019s runoff campaign an act of cowardice.  I disagree with her in a big bunch of ways, but I still support her candidacy.  However, she has come up with a desperation ploy so costly, that, even if it would work, her job isn\u2019t worth the price.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1114Keystone\"…This week, though, Keystone XL has become a symbol for moderate Democrats like Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) — a demonstration that they can serve as the bridge between the new Democratic minority and the Republican majority in the next Congress.<\/p>\n

"Si se puede!" Landrieu said Wednesday while pushing for the pipeline on the Senate floor, re-purposing another bit of progressive politics (this time from the United Farmworkers) in service of a project that’s not very popular with the left. That’s intentional. Landrieu faces a run-off against Republican Bill Cassidy next month — and is in deep trouble<\/a>. Seizing upon the pipeline as a way to shift the politics in that race, though, is almost certainly not going to work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Landrieu was joined Wednesday by other red-state Democrats to advocate for passage of a measure that would side-step the president on granting approval to the pipeline. (Since it crosses the Canadian border, the State Department has the ability to grant or reject a permit for the project — giving the administration an effective veto over it.) The subtext of the election was central to the floor speeches from Landrieu, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.); Manchin specifically noted how valuable Landrieu’s leadership on the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources had been, reinforcing the leadership that has been one of the central arguments to her campaign\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This Hail Mary desperation strategy could not possibly save Landrieu’s seat, and I knew why as soon as I heard it, but Rachel Maddow explains it far better than I could.<\/font><\/p>\n