On the other hand, Honoré announced Saturday that he’s moving back to Louisiana from his comfy Georgia ranch. “I’ll be on the streets with you … to once again claim this city as one of the greatest cities in America,” he said in a New Orleans speech marking the fourth anniversary of hurricane Katrina.
“All he’s got to say is ‘stuck on stupid,’ and Vitter is toast,” the BayouBuzz quoted a Republican insider as saying. That phrase, which Honoré directed at a reporter in 2005, became a rallying cry for New Orleanians, emblematic of his “can do” message for whipping into shape a relief effort bogged down in a bureaucratic swamp.
But the general, a Creole who retains a home in Zachary, La., from where he votes, has reasons to be cautious, political analysts say.
Senator Vitter is doing some prodigious fundraising, raising $3 million so far for his reelection bid. That’s despite his apologies for using an escort service in 2007. What’s more, Vitter is a “ferocious campaigner,” sources say.

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