Stephanie Grace: Team Landry is ready for governor's race, but will Team Anybody-But-Landry take the field?

Sep 11, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Landry's an eager culture warrior who picks fights and chases headlines and aims to provoke the supposedly woke, on issues from abortion to COVID-19 restrictions to the death penalty to transgender rights."
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-62% Liberal
"But it's more likely that the other candidate would be a Democrat, which would make Landry the favorite in a state that usually -- but not always -- opts for Rs over Ds."
Positive
18% Conservative
"So the shirts and hats that Attorney General Jeff Landry's supporters doed this weekend at his aual alligator hunt/fundraiser, embroidered with the words Team Landry and Governor, made his candidacy in next year's race semiofficial."
Positive
10% Conservative
"A centrist Republican would be heavily favored in any runoff scenario; the trick is pulling enough primary votes from Landry on the right and whatever Democrat qualifies on the left to get there in the first place."
Positive
8% Conservative
"That's the impulse behind efforts to recruit U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has emerged since his 2020 reelection as a leader on bipartisan priorities such as infrastructure."
Positive
4% Conservative
"It's also why U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, has been fielding frequent inquiries about his interest."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The prospect of a divisive governor who's consumed by social issues has some Independents and moderate Republicans stressed out; for many months now, there's been a not-so-quiet longing in certain circles to unite behind another candidate, one who can build a coalition of more moderate, business-focused Republicans and strategically minded Democrats, and edge Landry out."
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-2% Liberal
"Both, like Landry, have been unofficially campaigning for quite a while, but the fact that some powerbrokers are still looking elsewhere suggests that Graves isn't alone in thinking that nobody in the early field is the right person to be our governor."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Assuming he follows through, Landry's probably an early front-ruer to replace Gov. John Bel Edwards."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Assuming he follows through, Landry's probably an early front-ruer to replace Gov. John Bel Edwards."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Cassidy also voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, which has earned him enmity on the right but respect across party lines."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Cassidy also voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, which has earned him enmity on the right but respect across party lines."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Landry's an eager culture warrior who picks fights and chases headlines and aims to provoke the supposedly woke, on issues from abortion to COVID-19 restrictions to the death penalty to transgender rights."
Negative
-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

19% : Landry's an eager culture warrior who picks fights and chases headlines and aims to provoke the supposedly woke, on issues from abortion to COVID-19 restrictions to the death penalty to transgender rights.

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