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...Jindal campaign on the defensive for the first time in a race that a few months earlier seemed his for the taking. "It's the same charge - that Jindal doesn't really care about people," says Ed Renwick, a professor of political science at Loyola University in New Orleans . "The problem [in 2003] was, he never defended himself. Now, obviously, he's going to change that." Jindal has responded with ads of his own, attacking his opponents as part of the "corrupt crowd" - even though none of the other major candidates has been tainted by scandal - and touting his conservative...
...Jefferson may find it harder to work with his Democratic colleagues as long as the clouds of suspicion follow him. "He looks like a person who will have political difficulties operating in the House, and that's not good for his constituents," says Loyola University political scientist Ed Renwick. "If he doesn't operate from a position of strength, that makes it very hard to get bills that are favorable to us passed...
...city. But as it turns out, the poor and dispossessed, who suffered the most from the mishandling of the Katrina aftermath are turning out to be ardent supporters of Nagin - at least based on the wobbly numbers available. "What he?s done is reverse his base," says Ed Renwick, political analyst and director of the Loyola University Institute of Politics. "He got 85% of the white vote when he was elected first time. Now, this time, he?s likely to get a small percent of the white vote, but a large percent of the black vote." Mitch Landrieu, whose...
...RENWICK: What is really driving the agenda for these tax moves is not so much simplifying the tax system as shrinking the tax revenues and shrinking government...
...RENWICK: If you talk to small-business people today, I would say rising health-care cost is probably the biggest item on their agenda of what is hurting their small businesses. There is a place where the government can really play an important role in keeping those costs under control. So there are consequences of having our tax rates too low as well as having our tax rates too high, and we need to have that balance...