New Orleans Even when State Representative John Bel Edwards from small town Amite, Louisiana, known for little of nothing other than being near where Abita beer is made and on the way to Mississippi, led in the open primary against three Republicans, when asked about his real chances of winning, I was doubtful. He wasn’t …
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Retiring One Halloween Election Boogie Man: ACORN!
http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wadesworld24.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans With the election here, the voter registration period is pretty much over in most states, except for those favored few who have same day registration, so it’s safe to finally talk about it a bit more and make some notes about some of the things …
Elite Panic and the Tea Party
New Orleans In an excellent book on community building in the wake of disasters of historic proportion, A Paradise Built in Hell, Rebecca Solnit raises a number of insightful points about what she refers to as “elite panic.” In post-Katrina New Orleans we saw this all the time, the predictions of dire consequences and the …