Disclaimer: I'll be cross-posting this over at MyDD and Daily Kingfish to maximize questions to choose from.
Morning, y'all. My name is Ryan, and I am main blogger behind the Daily Kingfish. This week, I will be conducting an interview with Don Cazayoux, the Democratic nominee for the special election in LA-06, which encompasses the Baton Rouge metro area.
To that end, I'm asking for a little help in regards to questions to ask him when I interview him. I'm looking for something more than the usual questions folks want to know on the red-button issues. I'm looking for questions dealing with the economy, health care, transportation issues, the mortgage crisis, the War in Iraq, etc. I will use some of those questions in the interview, and will attribute them to who asked them. So if y'all can include where you're from in your comment, I would be greatly appreciative.
Here's the background on LA-06: It's a conservative leaning district that has sent a Republican to Congress since 1975. The trends in Baton Rouge are changing, however, as we recently elected a Democrat to be our Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish. This has, so far, been proven true, at least if you measure it by election turnout.
Turnout during the primary phase of this special election was:
Party | Turnout |
Democratic Party | 47,461 |
Republican Party | 29,782 |
In the run-off part of the primary, the turnout was:
Party | Turnout |
Democratic Party | 34,866 |
Republican Party | 24,504 |
And here's some background and some more background info on Don's stances on various issues to help y'all formulate questions!