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NRSC uses Salazar, oil shale issue to hammer Louisiana incumbent
The National Republican Senatorial Committee plans to use the close ties between U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Ken Salazar, D-Colo., to attack the incumbent Louisiana senator this fall.
The NRSC issued a press release this morning, questioning a vote Landrieu cast against lifting a ban on oil shale exploration in the Rocky Mountain West: “Shouldn’t Landrieu defer to the requests of her constituents and Americans that expect Congress to act to lower gas prices?”
The release cited PAC funds Salazar gave to Landrieu’s campaign as well as a recent newspaper clip where she said she voted against lifting the ban at Salazar’s behest.
Whether oil shale will play among Louisiana voters if questionable, even in this close race. (Offshore drilling is somewhat easier to explain and poll on.) Nonetheless, it certainly is curious that Salazar’s footprint has become a “tool” for national Republicans.
*Salazar photo from the Associated Press.
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