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POLITICS: Freezer Burn
Baseball Crank — ... Quin Hillyer tells the inspirational story of Joseph Cao, a Vietnamese immigrant who rose up from his youth in re-education camps after the fall of Saigon and lived to survive the decimation of his community in Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of his house in Hurricane Gustav, and is now the Republican challenger to William Jefferson. Cao has an uphill battle; we'll see if the voters in that District are willing to give honest government a chance or if they'll stick with the old loyalty to Jefferson. ...

Joseph Cao for Congress
RedState: Conservative News and Community — The voters of Louisiana’s Second Congressional District head to the polls tomorrow for the runoff election between incumbent Democrat Bill ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson, and Republican newcomer Joseph Cao.  While Jefferson’s ethical lapses are well known — and reason enough to defeat him — Cao shows the sort of character that is badly needed in Congress.  He is an immigrant who escaped Vietnam before the fall of Saigon, became a Jesuit novice, then a private practice attorney and respected community leader.  Read more about Cao in this piece by the American Spectator’s Quin Hillyer.  A ...

NRCC Spends Wisely in Cao Win
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Joseph Cao’s win over Bill Jefferson in Louisiana’s second district will likely wind up as one of the highlights of this cycle for the Republican party.  Most analysts thought that Jefferson’s re-election in 2006 was a sign that the voters were unlikely to punish him for his scandalous behavior — at least unless he was convicted in court.  Kudos to those at the NRCC (as well as folks like Quin Hillyer) who realized early that Jefferson’s weakness on election day indicated a real chance to upset him in the runoff. According to FEC disclosures, Jefferson had spent $185 thousand on his re-election bid through ...