Oops, that's my number (Senator Vitter)[MULTI-MERGED]

I have always enjoyed the comments of Elliot Stonecipher, the Shreveport political analyst and demographer who is both very articulate and quite conservative. But Stonecipher was on WWL during the 7 pm hour and just lost me. I can understand the Democrats enjoying immensely the scandal and piling on. But Stonecipher was suggesting that a liberal media was responsible for the timing of the news, at one point saying that "left of center" ABC had the telephone numbers for the Washington madam months earlier. Again, he lost me.

However, he was suggesting that this scandal is about two Louisiana Senate seats--Landrieu's in 2008 and then Vitter's seat in 2010--as well as control of the Louisiana legislature since Vitter was going to be actively involved in campaigning for Republicans running for the state House and Senate this year. Regarding Mary next year, her problems will be Hillary and the state's changing demographics. In 14 months, people in Louisiana are not going to be talking about David Vitter. They are going to be talking about Hillary Clinton.

Though I disagree with Stonecipher's theories, which have surprisingly the hint of conspiracy, I agree that the Times-Picayune has been piling on. There is something over there going on. I can think of 10 stories where the investigating reporting resources of the newspaper would be better spent.