Landrieu Says Democrats Abandoned Her

[kpete]

Landrieu Says Democrats Abandoned Her

December 3, 2014
By Taegan Goddard


Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) “lobbed a barb at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Tuesday, saying they effectively abandoned her after the Nov. 4 midterm election,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Landrieu: “I am extremely disappointed in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. I’ve said that. You know, they just walked away from this race.”


more: don't slam the door on your way out:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/02/landrieu-extremely-disappointed-with-dscc/

[badtoworse]

1. She was toast and everyone knew it.

[still_one]

2. That may be so, but her point may be valid. I am no fan of hers either

[yeoman6987]

6. She was never going to win

It would have been a waste of money and resources.

[Stellar]

3. Give me a break!!!

I thought that she walked away from the Democratic party and it's President. She'll get no sympathy from me.

[misterhighwasted]

4. Pretty clear, Ms Landrieu, as to just who abandoned the party.

Go away & lick your wounds.
What did you expect?
Ugh

[Scuba]

27. +1

[leftynyc]

5. Tough shit

You voted against us, fought us every step of the way and now want our money? Go get it from your con friends, you loser.

[TheNutcracker]

7. ... she abandoned the democrats who kept her in office. Now we can work on a REAL dem winning in LA

[ladjf]

8. Well Senator, "You've been voting mostly with the Republicans during your entire

tenure in the Senate." nt

[hobbit709]

9. She abandoned the Democratic Party years ago.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Best answer.

[Sanity Claws]

17. You beat me to it

So many elected officials have abandoned the real Democratic Party and just became Republican lite.

[Le Taz Hot]

10. This makes me crazy.

The reason Obama postponed the immigration reform was for her. That had real consequences in the last election in areas with a high Hispanic population. Not only was it all for nothing, she's now WHINING about it? Grrrrrrr

[HappyMe]

11. Meh.

I didn't think she was much of a Dem anyway.

[Triana]

12. The opposite is true: Landrieu abandoned Democrats (she's DINO/Third Way)

And she did so long before November 2014.

[spanone]

13. piss off ma'am

[MoonRiver]

15. What a crock! She and Grimes can go cry over a beer together.

Maybe they shouldn't have sold out their President and the Democratic Party.

[KeepItReal]

16. She should ask TransCanada to send some dark money

Since she loves Keystone XL pipeline so much.

Her only campaign positive is: I got us money after Katrina.

ANYBODY could have got Louisiana Federal dollars after that disaster.

[Coventina]

18. classic case of projection. Freud would be proud.

[PDittie]

19. I got five bucks says she

runs again in two years, when David Vitter runs for governor, and she does so as a Republican.

[WhiteTara]

20. She abandoned the party first. That's why she lost.

Boo Hoo Mary. I guess you'll have to suffer as a lobbyist for the oil company.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

21. Landrieu stands with people who elected her

That's why she is elected. To represent them.

I can see that and realize - at the same time - that the Dem Party shouldn't waste resources on an election that can't be won.

[dumbcat]

26. How dare she represent her people

rather than the Party? And then complain about it? Doesn't she know who her masters are?

[Warren Stupidity]

33. So since she is representing the people, her election should be a given.

[dumbcat]

34. It would seem so

wouldn't it?

[jwirr]

43. Then her support should have come from the people in her state that want her to vote against those

in our states. If she had asked for Democratic Party support like everyone else - applying to the committee for it instead of presenting a bill that she knew full well most of the rest of the party do not support it would have been okay. But what she was doing is asking my Senators to betray me so she can get elected. I am wondering if she really thought that all of us would just bend over for her on a bill we all consider very important. Is she that much out of touch with the rest of the US?

[maced666]

22. Wish after all she could keep seat.

Numbers will matter in 2 years.

[jwirr]

44. Maybe so but she was never one to show her loyalty to our side of the aisle. And her bill showed

exactly that.

[toddwv]

23. A politician that asks voters to abandon their core principles to save the politician's ass

is not serving the people but is merely serving themselves.

Good riddance.

[closeupready]

24. If anyone is a coward, it's her.

[meow2u3]

25. NO! Democrats didn't abandon Landrieu

She abandoned the Democratic Party by selling her soul to Big Oil.

[otohara]

28. Michael Bennet Worst DSCC Head

he should reconsider running again - don't think he can win

She on the other hand is one of them DiNO's

[joeybee12]

29. Not a fan, but she's absolutely right...Dem leadership

should fight no matter what...thing is, they run from fights, and this is just another example....as long as we have cowards in leadership positions, we're going to be the minority party.

[jwirr]

45. As I understand it the vote against her bill for big oil was what was supposed to get her elected

again. It was not Democratic leadership that did that it was many of us who contacted our own Senators to ask them to vote no. She should have used regular channels instead of this bill to try to win.

[vi5]

30. Go away, Mary.

Get your inevitable Job on cable news being one of the Democrats who talks about how bad Democrats are and how we need to compromise more.

[Frustratedlady]

31. I don't know where I got it, but in the back of my head, I thought she was a Repub...

Truly. It must have been her comments or lack of cooperation...I dunno.

It wasn't until after the election I realized she was on our side. Maybe I have her mixed up with someone else.

[Imajika]

36. How could you think she was a Republican?

She's voted for Senate leadership/President Obama over 90% of the time, including putting her career at stake and voting for the ACA.

Some of the comments in this thread are just plain ignorant.

Landrieu votes with us approximately 90% of the time, votes for a Democrat to be majority leader of the Senate, votes for almost all key pieces of Democratic legislation, etc, etc. And she has done this from a state that would/will be represented by a Republican who will probably never, ever vote with us. So what is better? Having a Senator with us 90% of the time, or 0%? This just sends a signal to Manchin and the last of the "moderate" type Democrats that they won't get full election support - and if they believe that they will likely just switch parties from Democrat to the GOP.

[Frustratedlady]

39. My bad. As I said, I don't know where I got the idea, but I've always thought of her

as a Republican.

Sorry to upset you.

[jwirr]

46. So are you saying that we all should have supported her bill for XL pipeline in order to help her?

That is the problem I see. And no a Republican is not better ever regardless of the percentages BUT she went outside the regular system of help and presented the bill that most of us had been fighting against for years. She walked away from us. And now you want to blame us?

[TheKentuckian]

48. She only voted for the ACA after she had watered down the bill as much as possible AND

got her "Louisiana Purchase" bribe on top and no it doesn't count that the public backlash caused the bribe to be rescinded.

See, that is the game with these ever so "loyal" right wing Democrats. They hollow out every effort to near worthless and add in crap riders then they maybe give up the vote for the shit they demand.

[Warren Stupidity]

32. The feeling is mutual.

[fredamae]

35. I stand with Democrats, Mary...Not

"democrats".
Twas you, Mary who helps to bring the Dem Wing to life in Opposition to your blatant façade of "being Democrat". You suffer from your Own decisions, obstinance and disregard of the likely Thousands of calls made to your office objecting to your protection and promotion of a very harmful practice when the Preferred Alternative Energy options are there, not ours.

We're done with the likes of you and your ilk-regardless of Which party you align with.
What you don't yet "get" is that folks like me-don't consider party affiliation/identification as a "political qualifier" on it's face valid any longer.
You are either doing the peoples work or you're doing the bidding for Big Corp...in your case Protecting a Dying and dangerous industry.
So long, Mary--there always was "something about you"

[Cleita]

37. That seems to happen when Democrats act like Republicans.

The Democrats withdraw support and the Republicans leave them twisting in the wnd in order to advance their own candidates.

Sorry Mary. But your two faces aren't welcome.

[Erose999]

38. Mary Mary, quite contrary. How do your campaign coffers grow? With dirty money, smelling funny. As

long as the oil can flow.

[jwirr]

40. Lady, it was us the voters who abandoned you AFTER you ignored most of our wishes regarding the

XL pipeline. We are the ones who called our senators and asked them not to support your bill. Next time you want help for something think about asking for it in the same way others do. You introduced a bill you knew most Democrats did not support and expected our Senators to betray us for you.

[Autumn]

41. I think I must applaud the DSCC on this

[TheCowsCameHome]

42. ...and big oil will gladly adopt her.

Just go away, Mary.

[SoCalDem]

47. Just STFU and go away already, Mary

She was NEVER a staunch dem.. She was as necessary as any democrat when we needed that slim majority, but that is no more, so it's time to clean house.. We need to be rid of wishy-washies.

Perhaps she and Blanche Lincoln can start a book club or something