Charlie Melancon has North Louisiana Problem in Senate Race

It has only been a short time when South Louisiana politicians became sophisticated about the North Louisiana vote. Governor Blanco realized this very early on on her political career and her non stop presence up here for 8 years is one reason she got into the mansion.

David Vitter has been very good about paying attention to North Louisiana. This will present problems to his challenger Rep Melanchon. The Monroe paper has a good piece on this today at Candidate isn't well-known in conservative northern Louisiana

I actually think his name recognition is better than I expected-
According to the Melancon campaign's own polling, Melancon has 48 percent name recognition, while Vitter has 86 percent recognition.

His problem is well Obama. I am not sure how he is going to convince North Louisiana voters it is in their interest go give yet another Democrat party line vote for Dem Leadership and other matters.

Tip of the Hat to the The Dead Pelican