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...Louisiana State...
Highways in rotten condition are scattered across the nation. I-35 south of Kansas City, Kans., is known as a deathtrap for shock absorbers, while the pockmarked I-5 south of Portland, Ore., and I-20 in Louisiana are renowned for testing drivers' nerves and fannies...
...experience is any guide, for groups trying to gain attention for their views, particularly radical or generally offensive views, publicity is crucial. David Duke's presidential aspirations suffered tremendously when he was ignored by a national press wary of how extensive coverage of his previous campaigns in Louisiana resulted in national recognition and national funding...
...with most smears, Reed's allegations are built on a slim foundation of truth. Before being gunned down in Louisiana by a squad of Colombian hit men in 1986, a convicted drug smuggler and dea informant named Barry Seal was involved in something fishy at the airport in Mena, a heavily wooded town 130 miles west of Little Rock. In 1984 Seal played a part in Oliver North's campaign to prove that the Sandinista government was in league with Colombia's Medellin cocaine cartel. In exchange for a reduced sentence on drug-smuggling charges, Seal flew...
...electoral votes by margins of less than 5% of the total ballots cast. According to George W.'s calculations, the Democratic candidate can win if Perot siphons off just 5% of the vote in 12 key states: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri, California, New Mexico, Michigan, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. And California and the South are already considered Perot's main strongholds among the white, middle-class, unhappy voters Bush needs. Sums up a senior adviser to the Bush campaign: "Ross Perot doesn't have to do well to knock Bush...