Politics Archives
The Domicile Dilemma 06 07 05
By Clancy DuBos
Tough Choices Coming to School System 05 31 05
By Clancy DuBos
Snowball Fight 05 24 05
By Clancy DuBos
The State of the Mayor 05 17 05
If Mayor Ray Nagin can foster progress in the areas of public education and race relations, his tenure will be historic.
By Clancy DuBos
Father of the Year 05 10 05
How many dads besides Congressman William Jefferson would risk disbarment, investigation and public opprobrium just to help their little girls raise campaign money?
By Clancy DuBos
Upping the Ante 05 03 05
Gov. Kathleen Blanco recognized that public subsidies to the Saints were always intended to be temporary -- something Saints owner Tom Benson seems to have forgotten.
By Clancy DuBos
I Remember John 04 26 05
By Charlie Smith
Amato's Downfall 04 19 05
By Clancy DuBos
An Office Adrift 04 12 05
By Clancy DuBos
End of The Mom'n'em Rule? 03 29 05
Cedric Richmond is just as likely to face a challenge to his qualifications in December as he did last month.
By Clancy DuBos
A Letter to Elvis 03 22 05
By Clancy DuBos
Home Is Where the Campaign Is 03 15 05
By Clancy DuBos
Time to Move On 03 08 05
The RTA settlement is a pricey compromise, but it's certain, it's well below the potential exposure, and it eliminates risk.
By Clancy DuBos
Deadlines, Deadlines 03 01 05
Real Saints fans know well the importance of keeping the faith -- and being patient. It's Benson's turn to practice what his customers have been doing for decades.
By Clancy DuBos
Naught to Hide (A Tale of Modern Chivalry) 02 22 05
By Clancy DuBos
Time to Fight Back 02 15 05
By Clancy DuBos
No Way to Treat a Lady 02 01 05
By Clancy DuBos
A Different Kind of Democrat 01 25 05
By Clancy DuBos
Hitting Her Stride 01 18 05
By Clancy DuBos
It's All Negotiable 01 11 05
By Clancy DuBos
The Big Picture 01 04 05
By Clancy DuBos
Top 10 Political Stories of 2004 12 28 04
By Clancy DuBos
In Praise of St. Anthony 12 21 04
By Clancy DuBos
Workforce SOS 12 14 04
By Clancy DuBos
Blanco, Benson and the Books 12 07 04
By Clancy DuBos
Survivor: Louisiana Elections 11 30 04
By Clancy DuBos
Any Given Sunday 11 23 04
By Clancy DuBos
A True Wildcatter 11 16 04
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas & Da Loozas 11 09 04
By Clancy DuBos
Water Cooler Warfare 11 02 04
By Clancy DuBos
Red-Hot Races Everywhere 10 26 04
All told, Nov. 2 is shaping up as a wild ride. But first, the polls will have to open Š on time.
By Clancy DuBos
The Gloves Are Off 10 19 04
By Clancy DuBos
She Gets It 10 12 04
By Clancy DuBos
Many Reasons to Turn Out Nov. 2 10 05 04
Sharing the ballot with the presidential contest on Nov. 2 are a red-hot primary for John Breaux's U.S. Senate seat and runoffs for the Public Service Commission, criminal sheriff and school board.
By Clancy DuBos
Campaign Lessons 09 28 04
By Clancy DuBos
On Their Mettle 09 21 04
By Clancy DuBos
Back-Stories Overshadow Sheriff's Race 09 14 04
By Clancy DuBos
Don't Gut Phase IV 09 07 04
By Clancy DuBos
Dueling Polls 08 31 04
By Clancy DuBos
Off the Track 08 24 04
By Clancy DuBos
Senate Race Just Starting 08 17 04
By Clancy DuBos
Nagin's Full Plate 08 10 04
By Clancy DuBos
Put Up or Shut Up Time 08 03 04
By Clancy DuBos
Failure to Communicate 07 27 04
By Clancy DuBos
The Twelve-Day Campaign 07 06 04
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas & Da Loozas 06 29 04
By Clancy DuBos
The Morial Maneuver 06 22 04
By Clancy DuBos
Slippery Slopes 06 15 04
By Clancy DuBos
Learning the Game 06 08 04
By Clancy DuBos
Getting in Step 06 01 04
By Clancy DuBos
The True Measure 05 18 04
By Clancy DuBos
Can Nagin Get Back His Campaign Spark? 05 11 04
By Clancy DuBos
We All Pay 05 04 04
By Clancy DuBos
Forecast: Close Elections 04 27 04
Cajuns are conservative folk, but they are among the most flexible white voters in the country.
By Clancy DuBos
Worth Saving 04 20 04
By Clancy DuBos
Out of Touch 04 13 04
Anti-Nagin preachers are as out of touch with the voters as they are with City Hall and the FBI. Then again, it's not easy to get the pulse of the people from inside a Rolls
By Clancy DuBos
Blanco's Bitter Pill 04 06 04
Gov. Blanco has set her sights on imposing greater ethical and financial restrictions on many -- but possibly not all -- Louisiana politicians.
By Clancy DuBos
Jindal Still Has His Magic 03 30 04
By Clancy DuBos
Blanco Wins Big 03 23 04
By Clancy DuBos
Making Sausage 03 16 04
By Clancy DuBos
Blanco's Not-So-Bold Move 03 09 04
By Clancy DuBos
Heavy-handed Is the Standard 02 24 04
By Clancy DuBos
New Orleans' Newest CEO 02 17 04
By Clancy DuBos
Insider Drama Over Corrections Job 02 10 04
By Clancy DuBos
Big Changes at the School Board 02 03 04
By Clancy DuBos
The Baer Facts 01 27 04
By Clancy DuBos
Politics 01 20 04
By Clancy DuBos
Jefferson's New Faces 01 13 04
By Clancy DuBos
Exit Gov. Foster 01 06 04
By Clancy DuBos
Top Ten Political Stories of 2003 12 30 03
By Clancy DuBos
Big Shoes to Fill 12 23 03
By Clancy DuBos
Daunting Tasks 12 16 03
By Clancy DuBos
The Real Campaign 12 09 03
The goal of the "Care Again" campaign is to overcome three persistent roadblocks to local progress -- apathy, complacency and cynicism.
By Clancy DuBos
Worth a Mea Culpa? 12 02 03
The House and Senate leadership could change radically, with no one from the New Orleans area getting a position of substance.
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas and Da Loozas 11 25 03
By Clancy DuBos
A Long Shadow 11 18 03
By Clancy DuBos
Last of the Steel Magnolias 11 11 03
By Clancy DuBos
Nagin's Mixed Bag 11 04 03
By Clancy DuBos
Get Thee to the Middle 10 28 03
By Clancy DuBos
A Fight for the Middle 10 20 03
By Clancy DuBos
A Watershed Election 10 14 03
By Clancy DuBos
How to Handle A Woman? 10 07 03
By Clancy DuBos
Another Unique Event 09 30 03
By Clancy DuBos
Our Best Defense 09 23 03
By Clancy DuBos
Horse Sense 09 16 03
By Clancy DuBos
Jindal Rising Steadily 09 09 03
By Clancy DuBos
Nagin's Hail Mary? 09 02 03
By Clancy DuBos
Let the Games Begin 08 26 03
By Clancy DuBos
Reshuffling the Deck, Again 08 19 03
By Clancy DuBos
New Poll Shows Some Movement 08 05 03
A whopping 71.1 percent said they had "not decided at all" -- which means this race is still wide open.
By Clancy DuBos
Taking on the Assessors 07 29 03
By Clancy DuBos
Art for Everyone's Sake 07 22 03
By Clancy DuBos
The Money Trail 07 15 03
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas & Da Loozas 07 08 03
By Clancy DuBos
New Developments 07 01 03
By Clancy DuBos
100 Days and (Yawn!) Counting 06 24 03
By Clancy DuBos
Breaking the Logjam 06 17 03
By Clancy DuBos
Another Barnburner 06 10 03
By Clancy DuBos
Crime, Punishment and Politics 06 03 03
By Clancy DuBos
Our No-Party System 05 27 03
By Clancy DuBos
Still Landing on His Feet 05 20 03
By Clancy DuBos
The Perfect Comeback 05 13 03
By Clancy DuBos
Blossman in Hot Water 05 06 03
By Clancy DuBos
We All Should Know Better 04 29 03
By Clancy DuBos
The Cost of Looking Wrong 04 22 03
By Clancy DuBos
Rich Men, Poor Men 04 15 03
By Clancy DuBos
"Undecided" Still Leads for Governor 04 08 03
By Clancy DuBos
Born to Be Riled? 04 01 03
By Clancy DuBos
Deja Vu All Over Again? 03 25 03
By Clancy DuBos
The Race for No. 2 03 18 03
By Clancy DuBos
Threats to Open Government 03 11 03
By Clancy DuBos
More Tooth Fairies Found! 03 04 03
By Clancy DuBos
Finance Reports Reveal a Lot 02 25 03
By Clancy DuBos
Re-Engineering the Ship to Go Sideways? 02 18 03
By Clancy DuBos
Why Keep Feeding the Beast? 02 11 03
By Clancy DuBos
Too Early to Judge Jordan 02 04 03
By Clancy DuBos
Waiting for Another Nagin 01 28 03
By Clancy DuBos
Where Best to Start Nagin's Legacy? 01 21 03
By Clancy DuBos
How Will Jordan Handle the Cathouse Crowd? 01 14 03
By Clancy DuBos
Searching for Campaign Substance? 01 07 03
By Clancy DuBos
Top 10 Political Stories of 2002 12 31 02
By Clancy DuBos
Confederates Out of the Attic 12 21 02
By Clancy DuBos
Top 10 Ways to Blow an Election 12 17 02
By Clancy DuBos
The Name of the Game 12 10 02
By Clancy DuBos
Why Landrieu's on the Bubble 12 03 02
By Clancy DuBos
Hot-Button Issue 11 26 02
By Clancy DuBos
Landrieu Out Front Early, But ... 11 19 02
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas and Da Loozas 11 12 02
By Clancy DuBos
Another Cliffhanger for Landrieu 11 05 02
By Clancy DuBos
He Said, She Said 10 29 02
By Clancy DuBos
A Love Affair With America 10 22 02
By Clancy DuBos
Primary Lessons 10 15 02
By Clancy DuBos
The Daley Regimen 10 08 02
By Clancy DuBos
How Will Nagin Play His Hand? 09 24 02
By Clancy DuBos
Closure for Irons 09 17 02
By Clancy DuBos
Affirming the Jim Brown Rule 09 10 02
By Clancy DuBos
The Juror Furor, Part Deux 09 03 02
By Clancy DuBos
Foster's Flirtations 08 27 02
By Clancy DuBos
Crunch Time 08 20 02
By Clancy DuBos
No Excuses 07 30 02
By Clancy DuBos
Falling on His Sword 07 16 02
By Clancy DuBos
Now It's a Race 07 09 02
By Clancy DuBos
Kids Hang in the Balance 06 25 02
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas & Da Loozas 06 18 02
By Clancy DuBos
Vitter's About-Face 06 04 02
By Clancy DuBos
Stalking Mary Landrieu 05 28 02
By Clancy DuBos
'Fast Track' for Schools 05 21 02
By Clancy DuBos
No Easy Road 05 14 02
By Clancy DuBos
Good News All Around 04 30 02
By Clancy DuBos
A Great Hostess 04 23 02
By Clancy DuBos
Praise All Around 04 16 02
By Clancy DuBos
Great Expectations 04 09 02
By Clancy DuBos
Fast Track to Scandal City? 04 02 02
By Clancy DuBos
Giving Foster His Due 03 26 02
By Clancy DuBos
Landrieu Sitting Pretty 03 19 02
By Clancy DuBos
The Wise Men 03 12 02
By Clancy DuBos
Harbingers of Change 03 05 02
The real paradigm shift came from the voters, not the candidates. The people wanted change. They hungered for it.
By Clancy DuBos
Down the Stretch 02 26 02
Do enough people care that Nagin is almost-but-not-quite a CPA after saying that he was?
By Clancy DuBos
Race Baiters Unmasked 02 12 02
By Clancy DuBos
The Morial Factor 02 05 02
By Clancy DuBos
Nagin's Meteoric Rise 01 29 02
By Clancy DuBos
Nothin' But Net -- and Season Tickets 01 22 02
By Clancy DuBos
Breaux's No-Go 01 08 02
By Clancy DuBos
Top 10 Political Stories of 2001 12 25 01
By Clancy DuBos
A Letter to Santa 12 18 01
By Clancy DuBos
Off and Trotting 12 11 01
By Clancy DuBos
Ready for a Paradigm Shift? 12 04 01
By Clancy DuBos
'Mr. Dynamo' Still Non-Stop at 80 11 27 01
By Clancy DuBos
Blueprint for Change 11 20 01
By Clancy DuBos
Does Substance Matter? 11 13 01
By Clancy DuBos
Hail to the Chief? 11 06 01
By Clancy DuBos
Carter's Campaign Kick-off
10 30 01
By Clancy DuBos
Absolute Power 10 23 01
By Clancy DuBos
A Message We Need to Hear 10 16 01
By Clancy DuBos
She's Only Warming Up 10 09 01
By Clancy DuBos
Madame Mayor? 10 02 01
By Clancy DuBos
Congressman Diaperhead 09 25 01
By Clancy DuBos
Fear Itself 09 18 01
Term Limits A Major Change Agent 09 11 01
By Clancy DuBos
Who Might Fill Mayor Maximus' Shoes? 09 04 01
By Clancy DuBos
Namergate 08 28 01
By Clancy DuBos
Getting an Education 08 21 01
By Clancy DuBos
Either Way, Benson Wins 07 17 01
By Clancy DuBos
Da Winnas and Da Loozas 06 26 01
Thanks to an engorged state budget, legislators' mantra seemed to be "Don't worry, be happy."
By Clancy DuBos
Open Government Is Everybody's Business 06 19 01
By Clancy DuBos
Governor Whodat? 05 15 01
Gov. Foster and the Saints may get a new retractable-roof stadium in New Orleans approved in less than a year. That may be the biggest 'bonus' for a lone playoff victory in NFL history.
By Clancy DuBos
It's the Patronage, Stupid 03 27 01
By Clancy DuBos
Soul on the Ropes 03 20 01
By Clancy DuBos
Giving the Ball to Leroy 03 13 01
By Clancy DuBos
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