State (LA) Democratic chairwoman blames Koch brothers, Fox News for party's woes

The Koch Brothers and Fox News are to blame for the Democratic Party's woes in Louisiana, at least in the mind of Louisiana Democratic Party chairwoman Karen Carter-Peterson.

In a column on the Cenlamar website, Carter-Peterson wrote that while the party enjoyed some success in this year's election cycle, the Koch's and Fox News kept the party from selling it's message of working for Louisianans.

"But the fact of the matter is this -- the non-stop, onslaught of negative and inflammatory Koch Brothers ads, added to the toxic media environment driven by Fox News and the right-wing echo chamber, have made it challenging for us to drive out our message to voters," Carter-Peterson wrote.

The column came just days after Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated three-term Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu with 56 percent of the vote. Republicans also won the 5th and 6th Congressional District seats over Democrats that made the runoff in decisive victories.

Charles and David Koch's political action committee, Americans for Prosperity, spent about $2 million in ads against Landrieu, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. It spent the fourth-most amount of money of any outside group behind the pro-Landrieu group Patriot Majority USA at about $3 million, pro-Landrieu group Senate Majority PAC at about $2.4 million, and pro-Cassidy group Crossroads USA at $2.1 million.

Landrieu's campaign spent about $16.8 million compared to $11 million spent by Cassidy. Part of Landrieu's problem, however, was that she spent most of the her money before the runoff. That's coupled with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee yanking their ad buys in the runoff, resulting in pro-Cassidy or anti-Landrieu ads making up the bulk of what voters saw on television in the weeks leading up to the election.


http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/12/state_democratic_chairwoman_ko.html#incart_most-comments

Kudos for Carter calling them both out...Sadly she's going to take a lot of shit for this, since there is always a harsh crackdown on anyone who dares tell the public to look behind the curtain...