LA-02: WTF

This is ridiculous and amounts to an incumbency protection racket:

For reasons that are unclear to me, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has actually bucked the Louisiana Democratic Party and the citizens of New Orleans. Yes, that's right. The organized caucus of black people elected to Congress to serve the interests of the people has supported a criminal charlatan to the tune of $5000 donated on behalf of its members to Dollar Bill Jefferson's campaign. Sadly this does not shock me.

I am surprised and ashamed to hear that Rep. Maxine Waters' PAC has given Jefferson's campaign $2500, making her PAC and the CBC major donors to Jefferson's bid for re-election. Why Maxine. Why? Maybe she should change her PAC's name from "People Helping People" to "People Helping People Rip Off Other People".

Despite the CBC and Maxine Waters pitching in, Jefferson has a major cash gap against his opponent Karen Carter, mainly due to the netroots. Of course, he could always tap the freezer for a little cash.

What the CBC fails to understand is that corruption is not a partisan issue. If Carter is victorious (and it's a big "if"), the only two Democratic incumbents to have gone down this cycle would be Cynthia McKinney and William Jefferson. In my view that's a net victory.