New Orleans, Is Going To Have A Runoff

After all the jockeying for position by Nagin supporters, namely the NAACP. The New Orleans mayoral race is partly over. I say partly, because they are still going to have a run-off. Incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin garnered 39% of the vote, while Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu got 29%. The candidate in 3rd place, local businessman Ron Forman received 18%. All three of them are Democrats. So we can safely say the next Mayor of New Orleans, will be a Democrat. Forman has endorsed Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, so he will get the majority of his support. Which will put Mitch Landrieu solidly ahead of Nagin. Between the three of them they make up 86% of the vote. There was a total of 22 candidates in the race, another large field. I can't help but think all of Nagin's supporters already voted for him. The winner will be the one who captures the uncommited vote. The absentee ballot isn't as much in Nagins favor, as they think. He's largely the reason they aren't there to begin with.It doesn't look good for Nagin right now. His racial comments, may come back to slap him in the face. I always ask these questions that never get answered. When are these displaced voters going back to New Orleans? I sympathize with those who are misplaced. But if you've already been gone almost a year, and you don't know when you're going back. You are no longer a resident of New Orleans. You use to live there, but not anymore. When all the cards have been played, no doubt we'll have a winner. I think we will see a new face. I don't think it will be the incumbent.