Between The Lines

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).

3.9.11

Switch to help win top spot reignites parish GOP feud

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While state Rep. Joel Robidueax surprised no one with his recent acquisition of the Republican Party label, some whining by members of the ...
1.9.11

Empire strikes back to protect itself at children's expense

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I don’t know what the record is for number of misdirected and ignorant assertions per word in a delivered statement, but jockeying for top p...
31.8.11

Democrat candidacies maybe more tease than strip

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Sen. Pres. Joel Chaisson did not take it all off, but the striptease continues for Louisiana Democrats with failed lieutenant governor cand...
30.8.11

Reports confirms desirability of pursuing privatization

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The news about the possible privatization of Louisiana’s Office of Groups Benefits’ health care offerings to state employees and retirees, ...
29.8.11

Real policy consequences to come from BESE races

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Looks like most of the statewide offices will end up real yawners for fall elections, where there’s little chance that Republicans will lose...
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28.8.11

Speaker's job intrigue may portend switch to GOP

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All the complex machinations going on for the Louisiana House of Representatives speaker’s position likely boil down to a simple case of ma...
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25.8.11

Incumbent matchup loser may parlay that into Senate

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Give Rep. Jeff Landry credit – he’s taking the lemons of reapportionment and turning them into lemonade of a possible extended political ca...
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24.8.11

Adley seems set to continue disingenuous fulminations

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State Sen. Robert Adley has a history of grandstanding, and his signature bill this session concerns (yet again) opening up records in stat...
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23.8.11

Fall matchups show benefit of diluted term limits

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Like vampires, term-limited Louisiana legislators continue to attempt to exist as the undead, revealing perhaps a silver lining to the other...
22.8.11

Misunderstanding poverty leads to bad lending policy

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Yesterday’s post closed with the truism, “… until public policy recognizes it must alter the attitudes, thus behavior, of people to reduce ...
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