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Jeffrey D. Sadow is an associate professor of political science at Louisiana State University Shreveport. If you're an elected official, political operative or anyone else upset at his views, don't go bothering LSUS or LSU System officials about that because these are his own views solely. This publishes five days weekly with the exception of 7 holidays. Also check out his Louisiana Legislature Log especially during legislative sessions (in "Louisiana Politics Blog Roll" below).

21.2.08

Legislators whiff trying to reach ethics gold standard

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Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal wanted to go for the gold rather than titanium standard as far as ethics changes were concerned for state elec...
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20.2.08

No delay needed for pension removal amendment

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Not getting much attention as more far-reaching matters traverse the legislative course in this special session of the Louisiana Legislature...
19.2.08

Legislators show feet of clay dragged by ethics reform

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Legislators’ cowardice remained on full display yesterday as they made strenuous attempts to water down ethics legislation regarding removin...
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18.2.08

Landrieu, others may decide fate of presidential election

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In a contest looking to end up so close, every delegate counts and thus the spotlight is thrust upon Louisiana Democrat “superdelegates” in ...
16.2.08

Some using reform against itself and its backers

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Some bills wending their ways through the legislative process give us insight into the agendas of the good-old-boys and others who try to sm...
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14.2.08

Process to, not nominee, shapes Landrieu's chances

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It’s refreshing to see that the media and other interested political observers finally have caught on to what I observed many months ago – ...
13.2.08

Whining legislators remind of need for LA ethics reform

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Just as some opponents of Gov. Bobby Jindal have been using scare tactics to try to paint the governor as a hypocrite on the issue of ethi...
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11.2.08

Ethics enforcement change criticism part of larger agenda

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As the Louisiana Legislature dives into the ethics special session summoned by Gov. Bobby Jindal , a clever if not disingenuous sort of oppo...
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10.2.08

More than ethics at stake for Jindal at special session

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Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal gave a pep talk to the troops hankering for ethics reform as well as a plea, and challenge, to the legislators...
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9.2.08

LA primaries keep McCain rolling, Dems up in the air

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The results of the Democrat primary in Louisiana yielded no surprise, but a mild upset almost emerged on the Republican side. Sen. Barack Ob...
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