It's been a pretty stressful month down here in Louisiana. Folks in communities like Braithwaite over in Plaquemines Parish are still trying to dry out from Hurricane Isaac, which was the worst storm to batter these parts in the last four years, flooding about 13,000 homes, causing an estimated $1.5 billion in storm damage, and stirring up a ton of BP oil that's still out there in the Gulf. And we're still technically in the worst part of what's been a very active hurricane season. The State is also suffering from all the oil that washed up from Hurricane Issac and is awaiting a disaster from the Bayou Corne sinkhole where a massive salt cavern has been used to dispose of radioactive hazardous waste. So Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal instead of visiting with these victims, thinks this is a perfectly good time to test the waters elsewhere -- the political waters, that is, far from the balmy Gulf currents. According to the New York Times editorial board:
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