THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WAKING UP EARLY.
DAVID VITTER JOINS US LIVE.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT YOU
SECURING 23% OF THE VOTE.
JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS AHEAD OF
SCOTT ANGELLE.
WE HAD TWO VERY CREDIBLE
REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS AND WE WERE
ATTACKED BY EIGHT CAMPAIGNS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY
AFTER WITHSTANDING THAT, WE WERE
DOING GREAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, JOHN BEL
EDWARDS, I HONESTLY THINK HE
UNDERPERFORMED.
MARY LANDRIEU
AFTER ALL OF THE
ATTACKS AGAINST HER AFTER
EVERYTHING WAS SET ABOUT HER,
SHE GOT 42% LAST YEAR IN THE
PRIMARY.
JOHN BEL EDWARDS DIDN'T QUITE
GET TO 40%.
SO I FEEL ABSOLUTELY GREAT WHERE
WE ARE GOING INTO THE RUNOFF.
ALMOST 60% OF THE VOTERS
REJECTED THE EDWARDS OBAMA
VISION TO THIS STATE.
RANDI: A CHAOTIC FINAL WEEK FOR
YOUR CAMPAIGN.
LET'S START AT THE BEGINNING.
A NEW INTERVIEW WITH A WOMAN WHO
CLAIMS YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.
SHE'S CHANGED HER STORY FROM
WHAT SHE SAID 8 YEARS AGO, AND
NOW CLAIMS YOU FATHERED A CHILD
WITH HER.
WE'VE HEARD FROM YOUR CAMPAIGN,
BUT NOT FROM YOU.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS A
COMPLETELY FALSE AND DISCREDITED
STORY.
AND I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE
TO TALK ABOUT IT IN MAJOR MEDIA
BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY FALSE
AND DISCREDITED AND FOR THAT
REASON MAJOR MEDIA HAS NOT
REPORTED ON IT.
THERE'S A REASON THEY HAVEN'T.
SO WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
OF THE STATE, GETTING THE STATE
OUT OF THE DITCH.
RANDI: SO YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU
WEREN'T EVER INVOLVED IN A
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH WENDY
ELLIS?
I'VE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER.
THAT STORY HAS BEEN FACTUALLY
DISCREDITED.
RANDI: YOUR EARLIER PERSONAL
ADMISSION TO A SERIOUS SIN
STOPPED SHORT OF ANY SPECIFICS.
I DID AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THAT STORY.
RANDI: LESS THAN 24 HOURS FROM
ELECTION DAY, A MAN WORKING FOR
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR THAT YOUR
CAMPAIGN HAS EMPLOYED WAS
ARRESTED AND IS ACCUSED OF
SPYING ON A GROUP THAT INCLUDED
THE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF,
AND A PROMINENT SUPPORTER OF
JOHN BEL EDWARDS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
THAT?
WE TOLD THE MEDIA
EVERYTHING
WE HAD TO KNOW ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A
MISDEMEANOR, NOT SPYING.
HE WASN'T WIRETAPPING ANYBODY.
HE WAS IN A COFFEE SHOP.
RANDI: A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO
KNOW, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE
LINE?
WHERE DOES RESEARCH END AND
DIRTY POLITICKING BEGIN?
WHERE I DRAW
THE LINE IS
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE FUTURE OF
INDIANA AND HOW WE TALK ABOUT
THE ISSUES TO MOVE LOUISIANA
FORWARD.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE DISTRACTED
BY THIS COMPLETE BS.
WE ARE GOING TO GET LOUISIANA
OUT OF THE DITCH AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH CLEAR LOUISIANA
SOLUTIONS.
THAT IS NOT BARACK OBAMA LEFTIST
POLICIES.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT JOHN BEL
EDWARDS'S RECORD, WHEN HE
HAS
VOTED FOR, WHAT HE SAID AT THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION,
HOW HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSED
BARACK OBAMA'S REELECTION AFTER
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST
TERM, AFTER OBAMACARE,
AFTER
98,000 LOUISIANA FAMILIES LOST
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, AFTER
THE DRILLING MORATORIUM ON THE
GULF, THAT PRESENTS A CLEAR
CONTRAST.
RANDI:
YOU, AND OTHER
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT A VOTE FOR JOHN
BEL EDWARDS IS A VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
YET, HIS POSITIONS ON ABORTION,
COMMON CORE AND GUN RIGHTS ARE
MUCH CLOSER TO YOURS THAN TO THE
PRESIDENT'S.
ARE YOU STICKING WITH THE
COMPARISON?
YOU CAN'T SAY YOU ARE
ANTIABORTION WHEN YOU ENDORSED
BARACK OBAMA.
HE IS THE LEADING PROPONENT.
RANDI:
BUT ONE OF HIS LEADING
CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS FEATURED
HIS WIFE.
HE'S TRYING TO DISTANCE
HIMSELF BIG-TIME BUT YOU CAN'T
SAY YOU ARE ANTIABORTION WHEN
YOU ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT
BARACK OBAMA.
RANDI: BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S
SAYING.
YOU CAN'T SAY YOU ARE FOR
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS WHEN YOU
ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT BARACK
OBAMA.
AND ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE HE HAS
THE SAME POSITIONS.
HE'S AGAINST WELFARE REFORM
AND
HAS VOTED AGAINST IT SO MANY
TIMES.
HE HAS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED MAJOR
ELEMENTS OF OBAMACARE.
THAT'S HIS CONCRETE RECORD.
VOTERS ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED
WITH A VERY CLEAR DIFFERENCE.
WE NEED TO GET LOUISIANA OUT OF
THE DITCH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT BY
ADOPTING THOSE LEFTIST POLICIES
BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN BEL
EDWARDS.
WE NEED A LOUISIANA WAY.
AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH GOOD
LOUISIANA COMMON SENSE.
RANDI:
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
REALLY SKEPTICAL OF PEOPLE
FOLLOWING THE
JINDA
ADMINISTRATION.
L WHAT WE AS TAXPAYERS
-- WOULD
WE AS TAXPAYERS HAVE TO FOOT
THAT BILL?
ALL THE ISSUES ARE ON THE TAX
SIDE TO IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ON
THE SPENDING SIDE.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
THAT'S PLENTY WE CAN DO.
LOUISIANA HAS 10,800 STATE
VEHICLES.
IT COSTS THE
TAXPAYER $232
MILLION.
THOUSANDS OF THOSE ARE
UNNECESSARY.
WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF CONSULTING
CONTRACTS.
MANY OF THOSE ARE FOR GOODS AND
SERVICES WE DON'T NEED AND CAN'T
AFFORD.
OTHERS ARE FOR THINGS OF STATE
EMPLOYEES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING.
WE CAN HAVE MAJOR SAVINGS THERE.
SO A CONSERVATIVE IS GOING TO
START ON THE SPENDING SIDE, NOT
IMMEDIATELY GO TO HIGHER TAXES.
JOHN BEL EDWARDS TALKED
ABOUT
TAX EXPENDITURES.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HIS LIBERAL
CODE FOR HIGHER TAXES ARE ON THE
RAID.
-- ON THE WAY.
RANDI: HE SAID HE IS FOR THAT
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
WE REALLY COULD USE THAT HEALTH
CARE.
ARE YOU FOR THAT OR AGAINST IT?
I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT ON
BARACK OBAMA'S TERMS WHICH IS
WHAT JOHN BEL EDWARDS SAID HE
WOULD DO.
AS YOU KNOW THAT TAKE STATE
MONEY.
THAT'S NOT JUST MONEY FALLING
FROM THE SKY.
IT TAKES A STATE MATCH.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A STRONG
REALISTIC PLAN ABOUT HOW TO COME
UP WITH THAT, WE ARE JUST
DIGGING THE HOLE DEEPER.
WE ARE CUTTING HIGHER ED AGAIN.
JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAS NOT
PRESENTED THAT PLAN.
THE PLAN HE PUSHED WILL NOT
COVER ALL OF THOSE INCREASED
STATE COSTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO EXPAND MEDICAID
ON BARACK OBAMA'S TERMS.
WE'RE GOING TO ONLY LOOK AT THAT
UNDER STRONG LOUISIANA TERMS
THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.
THAT'S ANOTHER CLEAR
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN US IN TERMS OF HOW WE GO
INTO THE FUTURE.
ANOTHER CLEAR DIFFERENCE RELATED
TO THAT IS I HAVE SAID WOULD
ONLY DO IT IF WE HAVE MEANINGFUL
WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR
ABLE-BODIED FOLKS.
WE DON'T NEED TO INCREASE THE
DISINCENTIVE TO WORK.
IT'S ALREADY TOO HIGH.
WE NEED WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR
ABLE-BODIED FOLKS.
JOHN BEL EDWARDS HAS OPPOSED
THAT CONSISTENTLY.
HE WOULD RUSH INTO MEDICAID
EXPANSION WITHOUT EVER TALKING
ABOUT THAT WITH THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.