“Louisiana” on The Daily Caller

On May 16, Politico published an opinion piece by Grover Norquist and an Americans for Tax Reform colleague headlined, “Why Romney should tap Jindal.” The very next day, Politico posed the question to its “Arena” contributors, “Who should Romney tap for understudy?” Coincidentally, the two conservatives Politico tapped for their answers in its hardcopy edition, former RNC chairman Michael Steel and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth, respectively declared that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal would be a “damn good” and “excellent” choice to fill out the GOP ticket. (more)

In a hot, dry rodeo arena at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, 70 inmates acted out a different version of the “Life of Jesus Christ”, according to the Economist. (more)

PIERRE PART, La. (AP) — A cast member of the reality TV show “Swamp People” died Monday, a Louisiana sheriff said. (more)

In what is being called one of the biggest cases of fraud in U.S. history, a corporation started in 1934 by a former senator and Louisiana governor, Huey Long, has received hundreds of millions of dollars from a corrupt political deal struck in the 1930s. (more)

Texas Rep. Ron Paul claimed another come-from-behind caucus victory this weekend, announcing that approximately 74 percent of the delegates to Louisiana’s state GOP convention will be Paul supporters. (more)

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has always been a man in a hurry. By the age of 20, he was an honors graduate of Brown University with double majors in public policy and biology. By 23, he had completed a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford (having politely declined admission to Yale Law and Harvard Medical School) and taken a position with the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Company. (more)

As political reporters speculate, hypothesize, and speculate again over which rising political star Mitt Romney will pick to be his running mate, an unlikely voice has jumped into the fray to support Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal for the role: the Louisiana Democratic Party. (more)

A Louisiana lawmaker says the National Football League is punishing the state’s taxpayers with its severe sanctions against the New Orleans Saints. (more)

It seems that everyone in the Louisiana state legislature is a Saints fan. (more)

NEW ORLEANS — Just days before Louisiana state’s Saturday primary, former Sen. Rick Santorum swung through the New Orleans area on Wednesday, attacking both President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican front-runner Mitt Romney at every stop along the way. (more)

Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler told The Daily Caller that the federal Motor Voter law was set up to “ensure controversy” and that the Obama administration is using it “to advance a political agenda.” (more)

Louisiana Republican Rep. Charles Boustany, who has previously called for Attorney General Eric Holder’s immediate resignation, took to the House floor on Wednesday to double down on his demand. (more)

Republican Reps. Jeff Landry of Louisiana and Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi both told The Daily Caller on Thursday that they think Attorney General Eric Holder should resign immediately over Operation Fast and Furious. When combined Louisianna Rep. Charles Boustany’s call Thursday morning, that makes 46 congressmen who are demanding that Holder step aside now. (more)

BATON ROUGE, La. – As almost 1,300 people Friday streamed into the student union at Louisiana State University to hear Congressman Ron Paul speak, a handful of socialist activists stood outside with an anti-Ron Paul banner proclaiming, “Education and living wages are Human Rights!” (more)

Nine candidates, including four Democrats, one Libertarian, and four non-party candidates have filed papers to challenge Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in an October election. The deadline for qualifying for the gubernatorial election was 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. (more)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee were falling in southern Louisiana and pelting the Gulf Coast on Saturday as the storm’s center trudged slowly toward land, where businesses were already beginning to suffer on what would normally be a bustling holiday weekend. The storm could bring as many as 20 inches of rain to some areas. (more)

TIME — There’s a new storm to watch, this time threatening New Orleans and surrounding areas. (more)

Now that the Mississippi River’s Morganza floodgates are open, nearly 25,000 people who had chosen the quiet of the Louisiana bayou over the bustle of city life could find their livelihoods threatened. (more)

BUNCHE’S BEND, La. – Water from the swollen Mississippi River poured over a century-old levee Thursday, flooding 12,000 acres of corn and soybeans despite farmers’ frantic efforts to shore up the structure. Downstream, officials with the Port of New Orleans said the Coast Guard could close the river to ships as early as Monday, halting traffic on one of the world’s busiest commercial waterways. (more)

Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana has sent a scathing letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich about pending permits for offshore drilling. In the letter, Vitter accused Salazar and Bromwich of misleading the public on the number of pending permits. (more)