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Cao Wins in Louisiana!

By Robert Stacy McCain on 12.7.08 @ 3:19AM

A Republican wins in New Orleans? Somebody pinch me:

Nine-term Democratic Rep. William Jefferson, who has been battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years, lost his bid for re-election on Saturday.
Republican challenger Anh "Joseph" Cao, an attorney and community organizer, defeated Jefferson in the 2nd Congressional district race. He will become the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress.
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Cao had almost 50 percent of the vote to Jefferson's 47 percent.. . .
"The people of the second district were able to transcend party, transcend race," Cao said after claiming victory Saturday night.

Note that Cao is a "community organizer" -- a cruel irony for "Cold Cash" Jefferson.

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Cliff| 12.7.08 @ 2:02PM

This is great news, and a great day for America! Not only do we get rid of Cold Cash Jefferson, which would have been good replacing with almost anybody, but we elected Mr. Cao, who's a great, great American.

Realistically, it will be almost impossible for Cao to win re-election. This is kind of like the Rostenkowski seat in '94, an R wins because, and only because, of a D so corrupt even the D's can't deny it. When Flanagan faced a (seemingly) non-corrupt D (It was Blagojevich), he lost 2/1.

But I hope Mr. Cao is not just one-and-out. If he does a good job in his 2 years, he could make a good statewide candidate for something. Hell, he'd be a good candidate to replace Vitter if Vitter decides he can't overcome the scandals, although his approval ratings were pretty good last I saw.

If not, he'd be a good Lt. Governor or other Statewide Candidate.