… He’s not nearly as vulnerable for actual defeat as it was presumed he was within months after his public admission,” Shreveport, La., political consultant Elliott Stonecipher said. But there could be hurdles, Stonecipher and others said.
Moderate Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon is sending signals that he will enter the race, giving Democrats perhaps as credible a candidate as they could hope for in the deeply conservative state. And Vitter could yet face a challenge from within his party. Throw in the possible candidacy of porn star Stormy Daniels, who insists she is seriously considering the race, and Vitter’s personal life could play a prominent role in the campaign.
Vitter’s critics appear eager to exploit the matter in part because Vitter has yet to acknowledge whether laws were broken or fully account for what happened when his phone number turned up among records of a Washington area escort service authorities said was a front for prostitution.

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