Politics in the Big Easy Ain't Easy No More (Part 1)

It has been a big week in Louisiana for politics.

On Tuesday, Kat Landry filed a petition to recall Governor Kathleen Blanco (D). The task is daunting and most likely will be unsuccessful without a grassroots firestorm. In order to recall the governor, Ms. Landry and her supporters faces severe challenges.

She needs 1/3 of the registered voters of Louisiana to sign the petition to recall Governor Blanco. This amounts to just under a million voters. Getting voters t turn out in a regular election is difficult enough, let alone for special circumstances such as this. Add to the fact that approximately 10% of the state's voters are displaced from the Gulf coast and the project gets even steeper.

To top it all off this needs to be done in 180 days.

Ms. Landry is a political neophyte. While it is refreshing to see someone take leadership, the coordination and political capital needed to pull off this feat is beyond her grasp. This can only be pulled off if the state Republican party or other organization of that magnitude steps in.