(SNN Baton Rouge) Louisiana State Senator Craig Romero went to Washington this month to drum up support for his congressional run and fundraise for Katrina disaster relief.

Romero handed out a packet of information to DC power brokers

While politicking for Louisiana’s 3rd district, currently held by Democrat Charlie Melancon, Romero handed out a packet of information to DC power brokers about his candidacy. Romero’s main way of selling himself was to show them that without the Katrina victims, district 3 in Louisiana would be Republican.

The chart shows that without the Katrina refugees, there would have been 57.1 percent Republican voters instead of the actual 49.8 percent. Democratic voters would have fallen from 50.2 percent to 42.9 percent.

he is in the perfect position to enact legislation

But even if Democrats do want to move back to Louisiana, State Senator Romero should take heart. Most of the evacuees who were voting Democrat were black or poor. In his position in the state senate, he is in the perfect position to enact legislation to disenfranchise those residents.

Many Louisiana Republicans have considered a marketing campaign, which would run in areas with large number of evacuees. The slogan would read, “Rebuild in New Hampshire. We don’t want you here, you dirty commie.”

posted by NewsBlog 5000  # Wednesday, September 28, 2005