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Landrieu, Kennedy Debate. Race Has Become Attack-Oriented
10/06/08 - 07:55 PM
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The two main contenders in the U.S. Senate race swapped jabs at their first debate, in a race that has become increasingly negative and attack-oriented.

Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu called her opponent, Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy, a political opportunist who switched parties last year to try to help him win the Senate seat. Kennedy called Landrieu a tax-and spend liberal who doesn’t represent Louisiana values and who was part of an ineffective Washington political system. Landrieu framed herself as a moderate who has bucked her Democratic Party on votes that were critical to Louisiana. Kennedy framed himself as a conservative reformer pushing change.

Monday’s debate at the Press Club of Baton Rouge is the first of four planned meetings between Landrieu and Kennedy. The election is November 4.

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