Yet Another GOP Primary Challenger Against Vitter?
It's looking more and more like Senator David Vitter (R-LA), the staunch social conservative whose career became mired in the D.C. Madam prostitution scandal in 2007, will have a very interesting re-election campaign on his hands for 2010, with yet another name being floated as a potential primary challenger.
Former Rep. John Cooksey, who ran for Senate in 2002 and came in third place with 14% in the multi-party open primary that Louisiana used at the time, is reportedly prepared to spend $200,000 of his own money on the race if a draft site shows him that he could get enough support.
Fun fact: Cooksey got in trouble during the 2002 cycle when he compared turbans to diapers, prompting the NRSC to recruit another Republican to get into the race against Dem Senator Mary Landrieu.
There are already two others who are considering getting into the GOP race, as well: Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, who would be challenging Vitter from the standpoint of a Christian Right activist, and porno star Stormy Daniels, who would wage a campaign to highlight Vitter's personal hypocrisy.
















This is going to be fun. I hope stormy pulls it out in the end, so to speak.
February 27, 2009 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah. I'm sure a lot of people could get off on that!
February 27, 2009 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Personally, I would like to see the 2010 Louisiana Senate race canceled, replaced with a winner-takes-all Diaper Derby. Go Stormy!
February 27, 2009 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait wait wait wait...
So this is a Senate race with 2 (2!) candidates with scandals involving diapers in their pasts?
Holy pampers.
February 27, 2009 4:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Perhaps Cooksey could put a diaper on Vitter.
He really likes it, you know!
February 27, 2009 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!! FOR STORMY!!!
February 27, 2009 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I saw Stormy's interview on this site and think she would make a much better Senator than Vitter and most of the rest of the gang of 36 angry white male adolescents that voted against the Ledbetter Law and the stimulus. She seemed relaxed, straightforward, open, and self-assured. I'm certain she would vote in an independent thoughtful manner and learn on the job from her more informed colleagues.
February 27, 2009 8:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now all we need is a Bobby Jindal angle. Lousiana politics is the laughing stock of America. William Jefferson doesn't even have a leg up on these dudes.
This is straight out of the just when you didn't think things could get any more funny it does school. Lol, indeed.
February 28, 2009 12:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
how come vitter's call girl didn't get the same level of publicity that the spitzer case did? was she not as attractive or something?
March 1, 2009 10:46 AM | Reply | Permalink