editor of l.a. politics.com. jeremy, i feel like we re saying it s a unique race, but in some way, it s probably not in the top five of the craziest races in louisiana history. that said, what is happening here? is vitter making a comeback or not? we re seeing the overnight tracking polls starting to show that conservative voters are coming home to david vitter. it s been a gradual, slow pace, though, and it s hard to tell whether it s going to be enough to get over the hump tomorrow in saturday s election. what has been the biggest factor in this race? you look at kentucky that just took place a few weeks ago and the republicans successfully made president obama, made it a referendum on president obama. obviously here, john bell edwards and all the candidates in the open primary wanted to make it a referendum on vitter. so is it on vitter more so than obama? i think so.
putting democrats in a prime position to pick up a ninth senate seat. with me on the phone from baton rouge, the editor and publisher of l.a. politics.com. jerry, good morning. good morning, it s good to be here. likewise. senator landrieu has been virtually abandoned by national democrats. when you see her on the trail, how s her campaign doing? it really you know for the battle for the bayou, bill cassidy is standing on clear ground. mary landrieu is definitely in the marshes, trudging along. the math is less than promising. the polls we ve seen so far have her trailing anywhere from 9 to 21 points. she only carried 18% of the white vote in the primary. that s a large hurdle to get over. but, you know, the campaign says they see it involves this 30/30 strategy where they get 30% of the total vote to be african-american and they pick up 30% of the white vote. those numbers can go up or down either way but they have to add