The New Orleans Times-Picayune speculates that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) may want to run for Louisiana governor because he’s “a second-term senator without further national prospects, for reasons entirely of the senator’s own making.” “Vitter, though, may well want what Jindal has. While his profile isn’t on the rise in D.C., Louisiana voters have proved willing to overlook his call girl trouble, and lawmakers clearly recognize and appreciate his strategic sense and aggressive tactics. If he craves a formal leadership role, a future run for Louisiana’s powerful governorship might be his best bet.”
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Vitter for Governor?
Bill Johnson (R), the anti-gay candidate for Alabama governor that admitted to donating sperm to lesbian couples, has left his wife and family “to be with babies he secretly conceived as a sperm donor in New Zealand,” the Birmingham News reports. His wife told the New Zealand Herald that Johnson “plans to apply for residency so he can stay in New Zealand, and that he intends to donate sperm to additional women.” Said Kathy Hale Johnson: “He is obsessed with this. He doesn’t want to stop.”
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Alabama Politician Obsessed with Donating Sperm
Missouri state Rep. Zach Wyatt (R) “announced publicly he is gay today at a news conference opposing a bill that has gained national attention for its proposed restrictions on in-school discussions of sexuality,” the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. Wyatt said that he could “no longer keep his sexual orientation to himself in the face of what he considers an example of bigoted legislation.”
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"Don’t Say Gay" Bill Prompts Lawmaker to Come Out
In just 16 months in office, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has claimed to do something “historic” more than 80 times, the New York Times reports. “His frequent citation of his place in history, according to rhetoricians, provides a frame for how he hopes the public in New York and across the country will view him — as someone who turned a dysfunctional state capital from a place of corruption to competence.”
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Cuomo Says He’s Made History, Again and Again
“The cash-strapped Republican Party of Minnesota has been served eviction papers at its St. Paul headquarters,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The party has not paid rent since last August.
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Minnesota Republicans Face Eviction