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ZIEGLER 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:09,700 FOUNDATION OF JENNINGS. 5 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:10,633 THE ZIEGLER MUSEUM IS A 6 00:00:10,633 --> 00:00:13,633 CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST 7 00:00:13,633 --> 00:00:14,667 LOUISIANA, FEATURING EUROPEAN 8 00:00:14,667 --> 00:00:15,833 AND AMERICAN ARTISTS AND 9 00:00:15,833 --> 00:00:19,000 WILDLIFE DIORAMAS. 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,267 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS 11 00:00:20,267 --> 00:00:21,533 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION 12 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:24,000 FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA 13 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,200 PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY 14 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,333 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 15 00:00:28,333 --> 00:00:51,567 ** 16 00:00:51,567 --> 00:00:53,167 >>> GOOD EVENING. 17 00:00:53,167 --> 00:00:54,600 I'M SHAUNA SANFORD. 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,800 WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,167 EDITION OF "LOUISIANA: THE 20 00:00:57,167 --> 00:00:58,633 STATE WE'RE IN." 21 00:00:58,633 --> 00:00:59,667 TONIGHT THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON 22 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:00,633 THE TWO MEN RUNNING FOR 23 00:01:00,633 --> 00:01:01,867 GOVERNOR. 24 00:01:01,867 --> 00:01:04,233 DEMOCRAT JOHN BEL EDWARDS 25 00:01:04,233 --> 00:01:05,233 AND REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER. 26 00:01:05,233 --> 00:01:07,000 THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SIT 27 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 DOWN WITH ME FOR ONE-ON-ONE 28 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,067 INTERVIEWS. 29 00:01:09,067 --> 00:01:10,033 ASKED MANY OF THE SAME 30 00:01:10,033 --> 00:01:11,300 QUESTIONS, THEY TALKED OPENLY 31 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:12,800 ABOUT THEIR FAITH, FAMILIES, 32 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,000 THE POLITICAL ATTACKS AND WHY 33 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,400 EACH SHOULD EARN YOUR VOTE TO 34 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,400 BECOME THE NEXT LEADER OF 35 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,567 LOUISIANA. 36 00:01:18,567 --> 00:01:20,733 SINCE OUR CONVERSATIONS, 37 00:01:20,733 --> 00:01:22,067 THERE HAVE BEEN NEW 38 00:01:22,067 --> 00:01:23,133 DEVELOPMENTS MAKING THIS RACE 39 00:01:23,133 --> 00:01:25,167 ALL THE MORE INTRIGUING. 40 00:01:25,167 --> 00:01:26,133 DAVID VITTER WAS ENDORSED BY 41 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:27,267 FORMER GOVERNOR MIKE FOSTER, 42 00:01:27,267 --> 00:01:28,200 BUT VITTER'S REPUBLICAN 43 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,200 CHALLENGER DURING THE 44 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,733 PRIMARY, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 45 00:01:30,733 --> 00:01:33,533 JAY DARDENNE, CROSSED PARTY 46 00:01:33,533 --> 00:01:34,467 LINES AND ENDORSED DEMOCRAT, 47 00:01:34,467 --> 00:01:35,500 JOHN BEL EDWARDS. 48 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:36,667 IN A MOMENT, YOU WILL HEAR 49 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:38,000 THE CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT 50 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,300 SOME ISSUES BUT WE'LL SAVE 51 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:40,800 MOST OF THEM FOR THE LIVE 52 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,000 LPB GOVERNOR'S RUNOFF DEBATE 53 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,200 ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 54 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,500 AT 7:00 P.M. 55 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,000 THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE RUNOFF. 56 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,100 WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT YOU 57 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:49,033 TO MISS IT. 58 00:01:49,033 --> 00:01:50,300 DURING OUR INTERVIEWS, MY 59 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:52,400 FIRST QUESTION TO EACH 60 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,467 CANDIDATE, GIVEN THE PRESSING 61 00:01:54,467 --> 00:01:55,567 PROBLEMS OF THIS STATE FROM 62 00:01:55,567 --> 00:01:56,833 THE DREADFUL BUDGET SITUATION, 63 00:01:56,833 --> 00:01:58,067 TO UNDERFUNDED HIGHER 64 00:01:58,067 --> 00:01:59,467 EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE 65 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:00,667 SYSTEMS, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, 66 00:02:00,667 --> 00:02:02,667 AND A LIST THAT GOES ON AND 67 00:02:02,667 --> 00:02:03,467 ON, WHY DO THEY EACH WANT 68 00:02:03,467 --> 00:02:05,967 THIS JOB? 69 00:02:05,967 --> 00:02:08,167 >> YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WENDY 70 00:02:08,167 --> 00:02:09,467 AND I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD 71 00:02:09,467 --> 00:02:12,300 ABOUT THE RACE BEFORE WE DE 72 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:15,667 SITE -- DECIDED. 73 00:02:15,667 --> 00:02:17,667 WE DID DECIDE I COULD HAVE THE 74 00:02:17,667 --> 00:02:18,967 BIGGER IMPACT HERE IN LOUISIANA 75 00:02:18,967 --> 00:02:20,167 TO BUILD THE TEAM TO TAKE ON 76 00:02:20,167 --> 00:02:21,233 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 77 00:02:21,233 --> 00:02:21,600 ABOUT. 78 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,500 YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT. 79 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:24,233 WE ARE IN THE DITCH AS A STATE. 80 00:02:24,233 --> 00:02:26,033 WE HAVE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES. 81 00:02:26,033 --> 00:02:28,233 BUT I'M EVEN MORE CONVINCED 82 00:02:28,233 --> 00:02:29,933 THAT IF WE HAVE STRONG 83 00:02:29,933 --> 00:02:31,100 LEADERSHIP AND CLEAR SOLUTIONS 84 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:34,033 AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS 85 00:02:34,033 --> 00:02:35,367 BUILT AROUND, WE CAN HAVE OUR 86 00:02:35,367 --> 00:02:36,600 BEST DAYS AHEAD OF US. 87 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,100 >> I DECIDED TO RUN BECAUSE WE 88 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:39,167 HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN 89 00:02:39,167 --> 00:02:39,767 DIRECTION. 90 00:02:39,767 --> 00:02:41,300 WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOVERNOR WITH 91 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,833 THE LEADERSHIP ABILITY TO BRING 92 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:44,967 PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PURSUE THE 93 00:02:44,967 --> 00:02:45,667 COMMON INTEREST. 94 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:46,567 AND IT'S HARD. 95 00:02:46,567 --> 00:02:47,733 BECAUSE THESE ARE DIFFICULT 96 00:02:47,733 --> 00:02:48,033 TIMES. 97 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:49,233 THE DECISIONS WE ARE GOING TO 98 00:02:49,233 --> 00:02:50,767 HAVE TO MAKE ARE GOING TO BE 99 00:02:50,767 --> 00:02:51,300 DIFFICULT. 100 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:52,933 BUT WE NEED SOMEONE WITH THE 101 00:02:52,933 --> 00:02:54,000 RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 102 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,033 LEGISLATURE AND WITH LOCAL 103 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:56,067 GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE 104 00:02:56,067 --> 00:02:57,600 BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE 105 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:58,767 HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY TO 106 00:02:58,767 --> 00:02:59,967 BRING IT ALL TOGETHER, BRING 107 00:02:59,967 --> 00:03:01,767 PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PURSUE THE 108 00:03:01,767 --> 00:03:02,967 COMMON INTEREST. 109 00:03:02,967 --> 00:03:04,400 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH WENDY FOR 110 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,767 ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. 111 00:03:06,767 --> 00:03:08,467 >> NOW, YOU'RE THE ONE RUNNING 112 00:03:08,467 --> 00:03:10,633 FOR OFFICE, BUT IF YOU ARE 113 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:12,533 ELECTED, REALLY YOUR FAMILY IS 114 00:03:12,533 --> 00:03:13,000 ELECTED. 115 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:13,700 >> YEAH, SURE. 116 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:14,867 >> YOU JUST MENTIONED YOUR 117 00:03:14,867 --> 00:03:15,533 WIFE, WENDY. 118 00:03:15,533 --> 00:03:16,767 COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 119 00:03:16,767 --> 00:03:18,200 HER AND YOUR FAMILY AS YOU HAVE 120 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,633 EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY? 121 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,000 >> YOU ARE CERTAINLY RIGHT, IT 122 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,867 IS A FAMILY ENDEAVOR BY 123 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:23,900 DEFINITION AND THEY HAVE BEEN 124 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:25,000 ALL IN AND THEY COULDN'T BE 125 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:25,867 MORE SUPPORTIVE. 126 00:03:25,867 --> 00:03:27,033 WENDY HAS BEEN TRAVELING THE 127 00:03:27,033 --> 00:03:27,400 STATE. 128 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:28,633 SHE IS A GREAT PARTNER IN ALL 129 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:29,267 OF THIS. 130 00:03:29,267 --> 00:03:31,400 SHE WORKS FULL-TIME. 131 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,700 GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE 132 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:33,867 ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS, BUT 133 00:03:33,867 --> 00:03:35,233 SHE HAS BEEN ALL IN AND IT HAS 134 00:03:35,233 --> 00:03:38,233 BEEN A FUN EXPERIENCE GOING 135 00:03:38,233 --> 00:03:39,100 AROUND THE STATE. 136 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:41,433 >> I WAS INTRODUCED BY MY WIFE 137 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:43,567 WHO HAS BEEN MY PARTNER FOR 26 138 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:44,000 YEARS. 139 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 >> TOGETHER WE HAVE THREE 140 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:45,367 CHILDREN. 141 00:03:45,367 --> 00:03:46,467 AND WE HAVE TRAVELED THE STATE 142 00:03:46,467 --> 00:03:47,100 TOGETHER. 143 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:48,867 AND THEY NOW KNOW WHAT I'VE 144 00:03:48,867 --> 00:03:50,133 ALWAYS KNOWN AND WHY I KNEW 145 00:03:50,133 --> 00:03:51,300 WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AROUND THE 146 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:53,433 WORLD IN THE ARMY, WE WERE 147 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:54,100 COMING HOME. 148 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,233 LOUISIANA IS A SPECIAL PLACE. 149 00:03:55,233 --> 00:03:56,367 >> TALK A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR 150 00:03:56,367 --> 00:03:57,600 FAITH AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO 151 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,100 YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 152 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:01,100 >> LIKE MOST LOUISIANANS, THAT 153 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:03,533 IS AN ABSOLUTE ANCHOR FOR WENDY 154 00:04:03,533 --> 00:04:04,300 AND ME. 155 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:06,333 AND CERTAINLY IT HAS GOTTEN ME 156 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:08,133 THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH TIMES 157 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:10,433 AND HELD OUT THE PROMISE OF 158 00:04:10,433 --> 00:04:12,200 REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS, 159 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,800 WHICH HAS BEEN SO SPECIAL IN MY 160 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,267 LIFE. 161 00:04:14,267 --> 00:04:15,600 CERTAINLY IT INFORMS WHERE I'M 162 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:16,633 COMING FROM. 163 00:04:16,633 --> 00:04:18,600 CERTAINLY I'M A THOUSAND 164 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,800 PERCENT PRO LIFE. 165 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,700 HONORED TO BE ENDORSED BY 166 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:23,000 NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE, 167 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,800 LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE. 168 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,133 CERTAINLY IT INFORMS MY BELIEF 169 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:29,800 IN THE SANCTITY AND IMPORTANCE 170 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:30,833 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT A 171 00:04:30,833 --> 00:04:32,067 FREEDOM THAT WE NEED TO GIVE 172 00:04:32,067 --> 00:04:33,500 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HELP WE NEED 173 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:36,167 TO GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL TO 174 00:04:36,167 --> 00:04:37,200 EMPOWER THAT PERSON. 175 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,133 IT INFORMS WHY I THINK A BIG 176 00:04:39,133 --> 00:04:42,800 CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE TODAY IS 177 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:43,267 EDUCATION. 178 00:04:43,267 --> 00:04:45,800 BECAUSE SO MANY POOR FAMILIES 179 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:46,900 DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE 180 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:47,433 OPPORTUNITY. 181 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:49,400 AND IF THEY'RE CONFINED AND 182 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,133 RELEGATED TO A FAILING SCHOOL, 183 00:04:51,133 --> 00:04:53,300 THAT'S LIKE AN ECONOMIC DEATH 184 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:54,433 SENTENCE AND THAT'S WRONG. 185 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:56,200 SO IT INFORMS ALL OF THOSE 186 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:56,633 THINGS. 187 00:04:56,633 --> 00:04:58,067 >> I WAS RAISED BY MY MOTHER 188 00:04:58,067 --> 00:04:58,800 AND FATHER. 189 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,500 MY MOTHER IS A CHARITY HOSPITAL 190 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:00,967 NURSE. 191 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:03,967 MY FATHER WAS A SHERIFF. 192 00:05:03,967 --> 00:05:05,167 THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN IN 10 193 00:05:05,167 --> 00:05:05,600 YEARS. 194 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,967 WE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. 195 00:05:07,967 --> 00:05:11,000 FILLED UP AN ENTIRE PEW. 196 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,100 AND WE DID THE CATECHISM. 197 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:14,733 THE TOUGHEST CATECHISM TEACHER 198 00:05:14,733 --> 00:05:16,033 I EVER HAD WAS IN THE SIXTH 199 00:05:16,033 --> 00:05:17,433 GRADE BECAUSE IT WAS MY MOTHER. 200 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:19,167 THE FAITH IS ESSENTIAL TO ME 201 00:05:19,167 --> 00:05:20,300 AND TO MY WIFE. 202 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:22,533 IT INFORMS OUR DECISIONS. 203 00:05:22,533 --> 00:05:24,767 IT INFORMS MANY OF MY POLICY 204 00:05:24,767 --> 00:05:26,100 POSITIONS, NOT JUST MY PRIVATE 205 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:28,567 LIFE, BUT POSITIONS THAT I HAVE 206 00:05:28,567 --> 00:05:29,867 IN THE LEGISLATURE AND 207 00:05:29,867 --> 00:05:31,200 POSITIONS THAT I'M GOING TO 208 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,733 HAVE AS GOVERNOR, INFORMED BY 209 00:05:34,733 --> 00:05:36,633 MY CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN FAITH. 210 00:05:36,633 --> 00:05:38,500 PLEADS ME TO BE PRO LIFE FOR 211 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,167 EXAMPLE, IN EIGHT YEARS IN THE 212 00:05:40,167 --> 00:05:41,767 LEGISLATURE, 100% VOTING RECORD 213 00:05:41,767 --> 00:05:43,333 WITH LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE. 214 00:05:43,333 --> 00:05:45,167 I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE I'M PRO 215 00:05:45,167 --> 00:05:46,333 LIFE, NOT JUST PRO BIRTH. 216 00:05:46,333 --> 00:05:48,033 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 217 00:05:48,033 --> 00:05:50,033 SOME PEOPLE THAT ONCE THE CHILD 218 00:05:50,033 --> 00:05:51,900 IS BORN, THEY FEEL NO 219 00:05:51,900 --> 00:05:53,033 OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO HELP 220 00:05:53,033 --> 00:05:54,400 THE MOTHER WITH THAT CHILD, 221 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,167 WHETHER THEY NEED NUTRITION OR 222 00:05:56,167 --> 00:05:57,800 EDUCATION OR HOUSING OR HEALTH 223 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:58,233 CARE. 224 00:05:58,233 --> 00:06:00,400 I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE FOLKS. 225 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,667 I BELIEVE IN BEING PRO LIFE. 226 00:06:02,667 --> 00:06:03,800 >> WHAT'S THE SCRIPTURE THAT 227 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,067 YOU GO TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN 228 00:06:05,067 --> 00:06:06,567 WHEN YOU NEED TO DRAW ON YOUR 229 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:06,933 FAITH? 230 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,667 >> OH, IT'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR 231 00:06:08,667 --> 00:06:09,200 SCRIPTURE. 232 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,667 YOU KNOW, I'M A GOOD CATHOLIC, 233 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:15,300 SO DON'T ASK ME TO QUOTE THE 234 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:15,733 BIBLE. 235 00:06:15,733 --> 00:06:17,433 IT'S THE GENERAL VALUES THAT 236 00:06:17,433 --> 00:06:19,667 THAT IS ALL ABOUT. 237 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:20,933 THE GENERAL TRADITIONS, 238 00:06:20,933 --> 00:06:23,500 INCLUDING FORGIVENESS AND 239 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,067 REDEMPTION AND HOW WE TREAT ONE 240 00:06:25,067 --> 00:06:26,400 ANOTHER, PARTICULARLY IN A 241 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,900 FAMILY UNIT AND OTHERWISE. 242 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:30,400 >> I WILL TELL YOU MATTHEW 25, 243 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,000 DOING FOR THE LEAST AMONG US IS 244 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,033 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 245 00:06:34,033 --> 00:06:35,400 BUT IT IS THE SECOND PART OF 246 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,300 THAT THAT REALLY STICKS WITH ME 247 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:39,933 BECAUSE WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE 248 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,333 SCRIPTURE WHEN JESUS SAID, YOU 249 00:06:42,333 --> 00:06:44,867 KNOW, WHEN YOU SAW ME HUNGRY OR 250 00:06:44,867 --> 00:06:47,100 THIRSTY OR NEEDING CLOTHING OR 251 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:48,967 IN PRISON OR SICK, WHEN DID WE 252 00:06:48,967 --> 00:06:50,867 SEE YOU THAT WAY? 253 00:06:50,867 --> 00:06:53,100 WELL, WHEN YOU DID IT FOR THE 254 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:54,700 LEAST, YOU DID IT TO ME. 255 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:56,200 THEY FOLLOWS THAT UP. 256 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,567 WHEN YOU SAW THE LEAST AMONG 257 00:06:58,567 --> 00:07:00,067 YOU AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT FOR 258 00:07:00,067 --> 00:07:01,867 THEM, THAT YOU ALSO DID NOT DO 259 00:07:01,867 --> 00:07:02,367 FOR ME. 260 00:07:02,367 --> 00:07:03,833 IT IS THE SECOND PART THAT 261 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:04,700 REINFORCES THE FIRST. 262 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:06,600 AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS 263 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,500 ABOUT MY FAITH THAT INFORMS MY 264 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,067 POLICY POSITIONS AND I THINK WE 265 00:07:11,067 --> 00:07:13,267 NEED TO DO WHAT WE REASONABLY 266 00:07:13,267 --> 00:07:16,100 CAN FOR THE POOR IN LOUISIANA. 267 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:17,867 JAMES TWO, FAITH WITHOUT WORKS 268 00:07:17,867 --> 00:07:19,400 IS -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 269 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:19,800 WORKS. 270 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,000 >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 271 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,967 YOUR TIME SERVING IN THE STATE 272 00:07:22,967 --> 00:07:23,600 LEGISLATURE. 273 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:24,700 YOU HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE. 274 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:26,900 YOU WAGED A LOT OF TOUGH 275 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:27,333 BATTLES. 276 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,600 DIDN'T WIN YOU A WHOLE LOT OF 277 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:29,133 FRIENDS. 278 00:07:29,133 --> 00:07:30,967 SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT YOU 279 00:07:30,967 --> 00:07:32,000 WERE AN OUTCAST. 280 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,400 DID YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? 281 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,400 DID YOU EVEN CARE IF THAT IS 282 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,233 HOW SOME PEOPLE -- 283 00:07:36,233 --> 00:07:38,500 >> I WAS AN OUTCAST AND QUITE 284 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:39,967 FRANKLY I WOULD WEAR THAT AS A 285 00:07:39,967 --> 00:07:45,800 BADGE OF HONOR, CONSIDERING 286 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,600 THOSE THAT WERE -- THE GOOD OLE 287 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,900 BOYS WHO CAST ME OUT, AND, YES, 288 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:52,100 BECAUSE I WAS FIGHTING FOR 289 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,267 CHANGE AND WE BROUGHT CHANGE. 290 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:56,133 WE OFFERED AND PASSED TERM 291 00:07:56,133 --> 00:07:56,600 LIMITS. 292 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,600 >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO 293 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:58,833 FEEL IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN THAT 294 00:07:58,833 --> 00:08:00,567 GREAT FOR LOUISIANA, AND I'M 295 00:08:00,567 --> 00:08:01,867 SURE THESE ARE CRITICISMS THAT 296 00:08:01,867 --> 00:08:02,700 YOU HAVE HEARD. 297 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:03,967 SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID THAT 298 00:08:03,967 --> 00:08:06,400 IT HAS INCREASED THE RATE AT 299 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,567 WHICH PEOPLE JUMP FROM THE 300 00:08:07,567 --> 00:08:08,400 HOUSE TO THE SENATE. 301 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,233 IN FACT, IT HAS WEAKENED THE 302 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:11,367 HOUSE, THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL 303 00:08:11,367 --> 00:08:14,100 ABLE TO GET BEYOND THAT 12-YEAR 304 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:14,767 RESTRICTION. 305 00:08:14,767 --> 00:08:16,167 AND THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ABLE 306 00:08:16,167 --> 00:08:18,300 TO HOP FROM ONE OFFICE TO THE 307 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:18,833 OTHER. 308 00:08:18,833 --> 00:08:20,700 SO, IS IT WORKING THE WAY THAT 309 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,633 YOU ENVISIONED? 310 00:08:21,633 --> 00:08:23,300 >> OH, I THINK IT IS WORKING 311 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:25,300 VERY WELL AND IT IS BRINGING 312 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:26,933 NEW, FRESH, INPUT AND IDEAS 313 00:08:26,933 --> 00:08:29,100 INTO THE STATE LEGISLATURE 314 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:29,767 OVERALL. 315 00:08:29,767 --> 00:08:31,867 I THINK YOU HAVE MORE TRUE 316 00:08:31,867 --> 00:08:33,367 CITIZEN LEGISLATORS THAN EVER 317 00:08:33,367 --> 00:08:33,800 BEFORE. 318 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:35,133 MORE FOLKS FROM BUSINESS AND 319 00:08:35,133 --> 00:08:39,433 OTHER BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE VERY 320 00:08:39,433 --> 00:08:40,000 IMPORTANT. 321 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,200 OUR REPRESENTATIVE'S VOICES. 322 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,600 IT IS TRUE IF YOU SERVE IN THE 323 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,200 HOUSE YOU CAN GO SERVE IN THE 324 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:44,700 SENATE. 325 00:08:44,700 --> 00:08:45,767 IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO 326 00:08:45,767 --> 00:08:46,533 PREVENT THAT. 327 00:08:46,533 --> 00:08:49,700 BUT I THINK IT HAS CHANGED THE 328 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:51,667 CULTURE SOMEWHAT IN BATON 329 00:08:51,667 --> 00:08:53,567 ROUGE, AND HELPED US BECOME A 330 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:55,800 MORE CONSERVATIVE STATE IN 331 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,333 TERMS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 332 00:08:57,333 --> 00:08:58,700 >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS 333 00:08:58,700 --> 00:08:59,900 HELPED THEM BECOME MORE 334 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:00,733 CONSERVATIVE OR NOT. 335 00:09:00,733 --> 00:09:02,133 I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T 336 00:09:02,133 --> 00:09:03,233 BELIEVE THERE IS MUCH 337 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:04,933 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 338 00:09:04,933 --> 00:09:07,033 CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF THE 339 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:08,100 LEGISLATURE TODAY THAN THERE 340 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:09,167 WAS 10, 15 YEARS AGO. 341 00:09:09,167 --> 00:09:11,033 AND IN GENERAL, I'M AGAINST 342 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:11,467 THEM. 343 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:13,233 NOW WE HAVE TERM LIMITS FOR THE 344 00:09:13,233 --> 00:09:13,767 GOVERNOR. 345 00:09:13,767 --> 00:09:15,333 I HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO ANYTHING 346 00:09:15,333 --> 00:09:15,967 ABOUT THAT. 347 00:09:15,967 --> 00:09:18,300 WE HAVE TERM LIMITS FOR THE 348 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:18,933 LEGISLATURE. 349 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:19,733 HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO ANYTHING 350 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:20,333 ABOUT THAT. 351 00:09:20,333 --> 00:09:21,467 LEGISLATURE, AS NEW BILLS HAVE 352 00:09:21,467 --> 00:09:23,200 COME UP TO TRY TO INCREASE THE 353 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,100 NUMBER OF OFFICES, SUBSEQUENT 354 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:26,867 TERM LIMITS, I THINK WITHOUT 355 00:09:26,867 --> 00:09:28,200 EXCEPTION I HAVE BEEN OPPOSED 356 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,367 TO THOSE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 357 00:09:29,367 --> 00:09:30,633 THE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO 358 00:09:30,633 --> 00:09:32,100 DECIDE WHO THEIR LEADERS ARE 359 00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:33,967 AND NOT THE LAW SETTING SOME 360 00:09:33,967 --> 00:09:34,900 ARBITRARY LIMIT. 361 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:37,133 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT A 362 00:09:37,133 --> 00:09:38,500 GOVERNOR SHOULD BE SOMEONE WHO 363 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:39,767 BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, A 364 00:09:39,767 --> 00:09:40,533 CONSENSUS BUILDER. 365 00:09:40,533 --> 00:09:43,200 DO YOU SEE THE JOB IN THAT WAY? 366 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,000 >> ABSOLUTELY AND I HAVE THE 367 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,333 RECORD OF BIPARTISAN WORK. 368 00:09:47,333 --> 00:09:49,467 LOOK, I DON'T MIND ROCKING THE 369 00:09:49,467 --> 00:09:49,800 BOAT. 370 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,000 I DON'T MIND OPPOSING THE 371 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:52,500 INSIDERS. 372 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:53,767 I HAVE DONE THAT OVER AND OVER 373 00:09:53,767 --> 00:09:54,333 AND OVER. 374 00:09:54,333 --> 00:09:55,467 AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. 375 00:09:55,467 --> 00:09:56,667 I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT. 376 00:09:56,667 --> 00:09:58,100 I HAVE THE STRONGEST PROVEN 377 00:09:58,100 --> 00:10:00,433 RECORD OF ACTUALLY PASSING 378 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:01,967 IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. 379 00:10:01,967 --> 00:10:04,267 USUALLY ON A VERY BIPARTISAN 380 00:10:04,267 --> 00:10:04,833 BASIS. 381 00:10:04,833 --> 00:10:05,667 JUST RECENT EXAMPLES. 382 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:07,700 RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, I'M ONE 383 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,000 OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS 384 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,933 WORKING ON A CONSENSUS 385 00:10:10,933 --> 00:10:11,867 BIPARTISAN HIGHWAY BILL, 386 00:10:11,867 --> 00:10:13,667 IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRY, 387 00:10:13,667 --> 00:10:14,667 IMPORTANT FOR LOUISIANA. 388 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:16,700 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I 389 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,533 JOINED WITH BARBARA BOXER OF 390 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:20,000 CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE MOST 391 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,333 LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, 392 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:24,733 AND WE CAME TOGETHER AND 393 00:10:24,733 --> 00:10:26,800 COWROTE AND PASSED A WATER 394 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,967 RESOURCES BILL. 395 00:10:27,967 --> 00:10:29,867 REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF 396 00:10:29,867 --> 00:10:31,467 CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT. 397 00:10:31,467 --> 00:10:33,867 HELPED TO PASS THE FLOOD 398 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:34,600 INSURANCE FIX. 399 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,300 THERE WAS A REAL CRISIS IN 400 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:37,467 SOUTH LOUISIANA BECAUSE OF SOME 401 00:10:37,467 --> 00:10:39,100 OF THE NEW FLOOD INSURANCE 402 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:40,367 RULES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 403 00:10:40,367 --> 00:10:43,500 I WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS AGAIN 404 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:45,433 ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO GET 405 00:10:45,433 --> 00:10:47,333 THAT FIXED AND THAT WAS 406 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:48,900 ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IN SOUTH 407 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:50,067 LOUISIANA, PARTICULARLY AFTER 408 00:10:50,067 --> 00:10:50,767 OUR HURRICANES. 409 00:10:50,767 --> 00:10:52,700 >> AND, SO, EVEN WITH ALL OF 410 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:54,100 THAT, PEOPLE STILL REFER TO YOU 411 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:55,867 AS POLARIZING AND THEY SAY 412 00:10:55,867 --> 00:10:57,433 YOU'RE NOT GOOD WHEN IT COMES 413 00:10:57,433 --> 00:10:58,900 TO COMPROMISE. 414 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:00,533 >> CERTAINLY MY POLITICAL 415 00:11:00,533 --> 00:11:02,267 DETRACTORS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO 416 00:11:02,267 --> 00:11:02,800 SAY THAT. 417 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:03,933 CERTAINLY JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS 418 00:11:03,933 --> 00:11:06,400 GOING TO CAMPAIGN THAT WAY. 419 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,933 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 420 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:11,400 RECORD, HE IS ONE OF THE MOST 421 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,533 LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE 422 00:11:14,533 --> 00:11:15,100 HOUSE. 423 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,433 HE HAS BEEN VERY POLARIZED IN 424 00:11:16,433 --> 00:11:17,400 THAT SENSE. 425 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,533 >> DAVID VITTER HAS NOTHING 426 00:11:18,533 --> 00:11:20,267 ELSE TO SAY AND THAT ANSWER IS 427 00:11:20,267 --> 00:11:22,100 AN EXAMPLE OF HOW POLARIZING HE 428 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:22,600 IS. 429 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:23,867 I AM 100% WITH LOUISIANA RIGHT 430 00:11:23,867 --> 00:11:24,567 TO LIFE. 431 00:11:24,567 --> 00:11:27,567 I HAVE AN A WITHIN NRA. 432 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:29,267 I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL 433 00:11:29,267 --> 00:11:31,267 GOVERN FROM THE CENTER OF THE 434 00:11:31,267 --> 00:11:32,633 POLITICAL SPECTRUM WITH 435 00:11:32,633 --> 00:11:34,100 POSITIONS ON MANY ISSUES THAT 436 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:36,000 ARE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. 437 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,533 HOW IS IT A LIBERAL POSITION TO 438 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:39,133 WANT TO BRING BACK OUR FEDERAL 439 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:41,000 TAX DOLLARS AND PROVIDE HEALTH 440 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,400 CARE COVERAGE TO OUR WORKING 441 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,633 POOR SO THAT OUR HOSPITALS, 442 00:11:44,633 --> 00:11:46,167 CLINICS, AND DOCTORS GET 443 00:11:46,167 --> 00:11:47,400 REIMBURSED FOR THE CARE THAT 444 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:48,167 THEY'RE PROVIDING. 445 00:11:48,167 --> 00:11:49,800 THAT IS NOT A LIBERAL POSITION. 446 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,400 THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE 447 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:51,933 POSITION. 448 00:11:51,933 --> 00:11:53,533 THAT IS THE RIGHT POSITION. 449 00:11:53,533 --> 00:11:55,767 >> WE NEED A COMMITTED, HONEST 450 00:11:55,767 --> 00:11:57,733 DISCIPLINED GOVERNOR WITH THE 451 00:11:57,733 --> 00:12:00,100 LEADERSHIP ABILITY TO BRING 452 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:01,067 PEOPLE TOGETHER. 453 00:12:01,067 --> 00:12:03,933 REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, 454 00:12:03,933 --> 00:12:05,333 PARTY, GEOGRAPHY. 455 00:12:05,333 --> 00:12:06,833 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 456 00:12:06,833 --> 00:12:08,000 WHO FEEL THAT THERE ARE A LOT 457 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,700 OF ISSUES HERE IN LOUISIANA 458 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,867 THAT ARE DIVIDED ALONG GENDER 459 00:12:11,867 --> 00:12:13,367 LINES, RACIAL LINES, AND PARTY 460 00:12:13,367 --> 00:12:13,867 LINES. 461 00:12:13,867 --> 00:12:16,433 SO THAT'S A PRETTY TALL ORDER. 462 00:12:16,433 --> 00:12:17,500 WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? 463 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,733 >> WELL, LOOK, YOU BEGIN BY 464 00:12:19,733 --> 00:12:20,967 PUTTING LOUISIANA FIRST. 465 00:12:20,967 --> 00:12:22,033 NOT PARTY. 466 00:12:22,033 --> 00:12:24,333 AND SO MY POSITION NOW AND 467 00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:26,067 ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL 468 00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:26,533 BE. 469 00:12:26,533 --> 00:12:28,067 I WILL STAND WITH ANYONE OF ANY 470 00:12:28,067 --> 00:12:29,800 PARTY WHO WANTS TO DO GOOD BY 471 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,367 LOUISIANA. 472 00:12:30,367 --> 00:12:32,700 AND I WILL STAND UP AGAINST AND 473 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,033 FIGHT ANYONE OF ANY PARTY WHO 474 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:36,133 WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS 475 00:12:36,133 --> 00:12:37,000 BAD FOR OUR STATE. 476 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,500 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO 477 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,167 BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 478 00:12:41,167 --> 00:12:43,067 CONVINCE THEM THAT YOU HAVE THE 479 00:12:43,067 --> 00:12:44,333 LEADERSHIP ABILITY, NOT JUST TO 480 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:46,633 SPEAK TO THEM, BUT TO LISTEN TO 481 00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:47,033 THEM. 482 00:12:47,033 --> 00:12:48,900 AND WORK TOGETHER AND FIND 483 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,767 COMPROMISE TO MOVE THE STATE 484 00:12:50,767 --> 00:12:51,233 FORWARD. 485 00:12:51,233 --> 00:12:52,400 >> GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME 486 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,000 OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE 487 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:54,400 AISLE. 488 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,633 HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. 489 00:12:55,633 --> 00:12:57,100 THEY SAY THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS 490 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:57,833 WELL PREPARED. 491 00:12:57,833 --> 00:12:59,467 THAT YOU'RE EASY TO WORK WITH, 492 00:12:59,467 --> 00:13:01,467 BUT THEY SAY THAT YOU ARE 493 00:13:01,467 --> 00:13:03,667 OPINIONATED AND THAT YOU HAVE 494 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:05,667 SUCH FIRMLY HELD CONVICTIONS 495 00:13:05,667 --> 00:13:07,500 THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED WHETHER 496 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:10,433 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPROMISE 497 00:13:10,433 --> 00:13:12,000 AND CONSIDERING THAT THE 498 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,800 MAJORITY IN BOTH THE STATEHOUSE 499 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,000 AND THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS, 500 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,033 COMPROMISE IS GOING TO BE 501 00:13:18,033 --> 00:13:18,900 ESSENTIAL, RIGHT? 502 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:20,767 >> I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND 503 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:21,267 THAT. 504 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:25,433 AND I KNOW THAT I DO HAVE 505 00:13:25,433 --> 00:13:25,867 OPINIONS. 506 00:13:25,867 --> 00:13:26,667 WE CAN COMPROMISE. 507 00:13:26,667 --> 00:13:28,367 IT IS NOT A DIRTY WORD. 508 00:13:28,367 --> 00:13:30,500 IT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING 509 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:31,567 OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 510 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:34,400 MOST PROUD OF THE WORK I DID IN 511 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,667 2013 WHERE I WAS ABLE TO BRING 512 00:13:37,667 --> 00:13:40,167 TOGETHER REPUBLICANS AND 513 00:13:40,167 --> 00:13:41,300 DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS IN 514 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:42,900 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO 515 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,267 INSIST UPON AN INCREASE IN 516 00:13:45,267 --> 00:13:47,033 INVESTMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION. 517 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:49,933 AS A RESULT, WE INVESTED $70 518 00:13:49,933 --> 00:13:53,067 MILLION MORE THAT YEAR IN K-12 519 00:13:53,067 --> 00:13:54,100 EDUCATION THAN HAD -- WOULD 520 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,400 HAVE BEEN THE CASE OTHERWISE. 521 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,933 I THEN AUTHORED A RESOLUTION 522 00:13:58,933 --> 00:14:01,867 ASKING BESE TO INCORPORATE THAT 523 00:14:01,867 --> 00:14:03,200 MONEY INTO NEXT YEAR'S FORMULA, 524 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:04,600 AND NOW IT IS IN THIS YEAR'S 525 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,233 FORMULA, TOO, ALONG WITH MORE 526 00:14:06,233 --> 00:14:07,667 MONEY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS 527 00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:10,333 MOST RECENT SESSION IN THE SAME 528 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:10,700 WAY. 529 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,333 END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, 530 00:14:13,333 --> 00:14:16,100 THERE WILL BE $250 MILLION MORE 531 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:17,733 INVESTED IN K-12 EDUCATION THAN 532 00:14:17,733 --> 00:14:18,767 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE 533 00:14:18,767 --> 00:14:20,033 WITHOUT MY LEADERSHIP IN THE 534 00:14:20,033 --> 00:14:20,433 HOUSE. 535 00:14:20,433 --> 00:14:21,667 HALF OF THAT MONEY HAS GONE TO 536 00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:23,033 PAY RAISES FOR CERTIFIED 537 00:14:23,033 --> 00:14:23,967 CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 538 00:14:23,967 --> 00:14:25,467 >> ARE YOU PREPARED TO BE A 539 00:14:25,467 --> 00:14:27,000 ONE-TERM GOVERNOR? 540 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,867 >> YES, IF IT TAKES THAT. 541 00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:31,567 BUT I THINK WE CAN START A REAL 542 00:14:31,567 --> 00:14:32,800 TURN-AROUND, GIVE PEOPLE REAL 543 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:34,967 HOPE SO I'M NOT EXPECTING THAT, 544 00:14:34,967 --> 00:14:36,433 BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IT 545 00:14:36,433 --> 00:14:36,833 TAKES. 546 00:14:36,833 --> 00:14:38,467 >> TO BE A TRULY EFFECTIVE 547 00:14:38,467 --> 00:14:39,733 GOVERNOR YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 548 00:14:39,733 --> 00:14:41,300 TO RISK BEING A ONE-TERM 549 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:42,267 GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF DECISIONS 550 00:14:42,267 --> 00:14:43,433 THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 551 00:14:43,433 --> 00:14:45,467 MADE, THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE 552 00:14:45,467 --> 00:14:46,767 GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO GET OUT 553 00:14:46,767 --> 00:14:48,033 OF THE DITCH ARE GOING TO BE 554 00:14:48,033 --> 00:14:49,000 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 555 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,733 SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO 556 00:14:50,733 --> 00:14:51,400 BE POPULAR. 557 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:52,800 BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 558 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,267 >> YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT 559 00:14:54,267 --> 00:14:56,200 ABOUT EDUCATION ON ELECTION 560 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,200 NIGHT, YOU SAID -- 561 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,733 >> FIRST THING WE'RE GOING DO 562 00:14:58,733 --> 00:15:00,567 IS TO PUT A STAKE THROUGH THE 563 00:15:00,567 --> 00:15:02,033 HEART OF WASHINGTON'S COMMON 564 00:15:02,033 --> 00:15:04,833 CORE AND REPLACE IT WITH A 565 00:15:04,833 --> 00:15:06,133 SMARTER AND BETTER LOUISIANA 566 00:15:06,133 --> 00:15:06,667 SYSTEM. 567 00:15:06,667 --> 00:15:07,667 [APPLAUSE] 568 00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:10,033 >> NOW, AT ONE POINT YOU WERE 569 00:15:10,033 --> 00:15:10,867 FOR IT. 570 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:12,767 NOW YOU ARE VEHEMENTLY AGAINST 571 00:15:12,767 --> 00:15:13,133 IT. 572 00:15:13,133 --> 00:15:13,667 WHAT CHANGED? 573 00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:15,200 >> WHAT I SAID IS I SUPPORTED 574 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,367 STRONG STANDARDS AND 575 00:15:16,367 --> 00:15:17,000 ACCOUNTABILITY. 576 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:17,433 STILL DO. 577 00:15:17,433 --> 00:15:18,900 WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DETAILS OF 578 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:22,333 COMMON CORE, I FOUND TWO 579 00:15:22,333 --> 00:15:22,767 THINGS. 580 00:15:22,767 --> 00:15:24,600 FIRST OF ALL, SEEDING WAY TOO 581 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,000 MUCH POWER AND AUTHORITY TO 582 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,133 OUTSIDE OF LOUISIANA. 583 00:15:30,133 --> 00:15:31,467 SECONDLY, SOME SPECIFICS OF 584 00:15:31,467 --> 00:15:33,833 THOSE STANDARDS I THINK ARE 585 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,033 DEVELOPMENTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. 586 00:15:35,033 --> 00:15:37,233 AND THEY NEED TO BE FIXED, 587 00:15:37,233 --> 00:15:38,667 PARTICULARLY FOR EARLIER 588 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:39,133 GRADES. 589 00:15:39,133 --> 00:15:41,467 AND, THIRD, IT'S BEEN A 590 00:15:41,467 --> 00:15:44,133 DISASTER IN TERMS OF EMPOWERING 591 00:15:44,133 --> 00:15:46,133 THE MOST IMPORTANT EDUCATORS IN 592 00:15:46,133 --> 00:15:46,933 THE EQUATION. 593 00:15:46,933 --> 00:15:48,333 PARENTS AND TEACHERS. 594 00:15:48,333 --> 00:15:49,867 >> WHY DO YOU THINK COMMON CORE 595 00:15:49,867 --> 00:15:51,200 IS NOT THE BEST THING FOR 596 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:51,700 LOUISIANA? 597 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:54,000 >> WELL, LOOK, I DON'T BELIEVE 598 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,133 YOU SHOULD EVER TAKE ACADEMIC 599 00:15:56,133 --> 00:15:57,500 STANDARDS DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF 600 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:58,700 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND 601 00:15:58,700 --> 00:16:00,467 ADOPT THEM IN OUR STATE IN 602 00:16:00,467 --> 00:16:01,600 WHOLESALE FASHION BEFORE YOU 603 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,433 HAVE VETTED THOSE STANDARDS 604 00:16:03,433 --> 00:16:05,600 WITH LOUISIANA EDUCATORS AND 605 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,500 LOUISIANA PARENTS. 606 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,467 NOW, I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED 607 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,100 COMMON CORE. 608 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:11,633 I DID SUPPORT THE COMPROMISE 609 00:16:11,633 --> 00:16:13,800 THIS PAST YEAR WHEREBY WE ARE 610 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,467 RECEIVING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE 611 00:16:15,467 --> 00:16:16,067 STANDARDS. 612 00:16:16,067 --> 00:16:17,200 IT IS MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION 613 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,433 THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A 614 00:16:18,433 --> 00:16:19,267 MEANINGFUL EXERCISE. 615 00:16:19,267 --> 00:16:21,800 THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN GOOD 616 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,067 FAITH AND TRANSPARENT FASHION. 617 00:16:23,067 --> 00:16:24,233 AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WILL 618 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:25,633 HAVE NEW STANDARDS THAT WE CAN 619 00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:26,533 MOVE FORWARD WITH. 620 00:16:26,533 --> 00:16:27,633 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 621 00:16:27,633 --> 00:16:28,200 CAMPAIGN. 622 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,700 A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN. 623 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:31,100 ANTICIPATED TO BECOME EVEN MORE 624 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:31,433 SO. 625 00:16:31,433 --> 00:16:32,967 WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST 626 00:16:32,967 --> 00:16:34,367 UPSETTING THINGS THAT YOU HAVE 627 00:16:34,367 --> 00:16:35,900 HEARD, AN ATTACK ON YOU THAT 628 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,400 YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO, 629 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,467 THE ONE MOST UPSETTING THING? 630 00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:42,733 >> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO 631 00:16:42,733 --> 00:16:44,667 REPEAT RIDICULOUS ATTACKS. 632 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:45,833 CERTAINLY I AGREE WITH YOU THAT 633 00:16:45,833 --> 00:16:47,433 IT HAS BEEN A NEGATIVE 634 00:16:47,433 --> 00:16:48,067 CAMPAIGN. 635 00:16:48,067 --> 00:16:49,067 AND I KNOW THAT BETTER THAN 636 00:16:49,067 --> 00:16:49,600 ANYBODY. 637 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:50,933 I WILL TELL YOU, SHAUNA, AS I 638 00:16:50,933 --> 00:16:52,900 SIT HERE, I HAVE NOT RUN A 639 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:53,600 NEGATIVE AD. 640 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,400 THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE NEGATIVE 641 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,300 AD PAID FOR BY THE JOHN BEL 642 00:16:57,300 --> 00:16:58,400 EDWARDS CAMPAIGN. 643 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,767 NOW, IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE ARE 644 00:16:59,767 --> 00:17:01,400 GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH 645 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:02,800 THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND THAT 646 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,167 WILL BE THE CASE THROUGHOUT. 647 00:17:04,167 --> 00:17:06,000 BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SIT THERE 648 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,767 AND TAKE IT AND TAKE IT AND 649 00:17:07,767 --> 00:17:10,600 TAKE IT IF, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, 650 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,900 THAT IS WHAT CONTINUES TO COME 651 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:12,500 MY WAY. 652 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,000 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE 653 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,400 MOST CONTROVERSIAL ADS THAT IS 654 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,000 OUT RIGHT NOW. 655 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,867 AND IT IS AN AD BY YOUR 656 00:17:19,867 --> 00:17:22,000 CAMPAIGN OR ONE THAT IS FOR 657 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,233 YOU, AND IT IS IN REFERENCE TO 658 00:17:24,233 --> 00:17:25,000 THE THUG AD. 659 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,700 THE ONE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, 660 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:28,633 IN WHICH IT SAYS THAT 661 00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:29,833 REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BEL EDWARDS 662 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:32,100 WOULD RELEASE 5,500 PRISONERS 663 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:34,167 IF HE BECOMES ELECTED GOVERNOR. 664 00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:36,733 YOU HEAR THE NARRATOR, YOU SEE 665 00:17:36,733 --> 00:17:38,767 A BLACK MAN AND THEN A WHITE 666 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:42,000 MAN. 667 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,467 NAACP OF NEW ORLEANS ASK THAT 668 00:17:45,467 --> 00:17:48,033 IT COMES DOWN. 669 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,367 BASICALLY WHAT IT IS SAYING IS 670 00:17:49,367 --> 00:17:51,767 WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO BE AFRAID 671 00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:52,833 OF BLACK PEOPLE -- DO YOU 672 00:17:52,833 --> 00:17:54,067 THINK -- I JUST WANT TO KNOW 673 00:17:54,067 --> 00:17:55,833 WHAT YOUR OPINION IS. 674 00:17:55,833 --> 00:17:58,000 DO YOU SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH 675 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,933 THAT AD? 676 00:17:58,933 --> 00:18:00,367 >> NO. 677 00:18:00,367 --> 00:18:01,533 NO. 678 00:18:01,533 --> 00:18:02,767 THERE IS NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT 679 00:18:02,767 --> 00:18:04,333 THE WORD THUG. 680 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:05,400 THERE IS NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT 681 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,033 THE IMAGES THAT WE USE. 682 00:18:07,033 --> 00:18:08,800 SO, WHAT AM I MISSING? 683 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,033 >> I WILL LET DAVID VITTER 684 00:18:11,033 --> 00:18:12,200 DECIDE WHETHER HE WANTS TO TAKE 685 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:12,933 IT DOWN. 686 00:18:12,933 --> 00:18:14,733 I WILL LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE 687 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:15,933 FOR THEMSELVES WHAT MESSAGE HE 688 00:18:15,933 --> 00:18:17,800 IS TRYING TO DELIVER AND WHAT 689 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,367 EMOTION HE IS TRYING TO INVOKE. 690 00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:23,100 I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S FALSE. 691 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:25,200 AND I KNOW THAT HE IS ATTACKING 692 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,133 ME ON SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS 693 00:18:27,133 --> 00:18:29,467 NO SUBSTANCE TO SUPPORT WHAT HE 694 00:18:29,467 --> 00:18:30,100 IS SAYING. 695 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,367 AND I WILL LET THE PEOPLE 696 00:18:32,367 --> 00:18:33,733 DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER 697 00:18:33,733 --> 00:18:36,200 THEY SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO 698 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:36,633 ACCOUNT. 699 00:18:36,633 --> 00:18:37,933 >> JOHN BEL EDWARDS GAVE A 700 00:18:37,933 --> 00:18:40,333 SPEECH AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. 701 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:42,967 THE ENTIRE SPEECH IS ON TAPE, 702 00:18:42,967 --> 00:18:46,033 AND HE SAID HE'S GOING TO LET 703 00:18:46,033 --> 00:18:47,967 OUT 5,500 PRISONERS. 704 00:18:47,967 --> 00:18:50,100 >> I WAS THERE, DAVID VITTER 705 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:50,667 WASN'T. 706 00:18:50,667 --> 00:18:52,200 I KNOW WHAT I SAID. 707 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:53,700 THIS IS VERY NONCONTROVERSIAL. 708 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,500 IF WE WANT TO BE NUMBER TWO IN 709 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:57,933 THE NATION, IF WE WANT TO BE 710 00:18:57,933 --> 00:18:59,067 NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION THAT 711 00:18:59,067 --> 00:19:01,000 OVER TIME WE HAVE TO REDUCE OUR 712 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,300 INMATE POPULATION BY 5,500 713 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:04,767 INMATES. 714 00:19:04,767 --> 00:19:06,333 AND THEN WE WILL BE NUMBER TWO 715 00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:07,200 BEHIND MISSISSIPPI. 716 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,700 I DO NOT HAVE A PLAN. 717 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:10,367 I HAVE NEVER HAD A PLAN AND I 718 00:19:10,367 --> 00:19:12,100 HAVE NEVER SAID THAT I HAVE A 719 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:15,100 PLAN TO REDUCE -- TO RELEASE 720 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:17,633 5,500 INMATES ON TO THE STREETS 721 00:19:17,633 --> 00:19:18,533 OF LOUISIANA. 722 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:19,933 THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. 723 00:19:19,933 --> 00:19:22,767 AND, IN FACT, DAVID VITTER 724 00:19:22,767 --> 00:19:24,467 HIMSELF AT A DEBATE SAID THAT 725 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:28,067 WE HAVE TOO MANY NON-VIOLENT 726 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:29,200 OFFENDERS LANGUISHING FOR TOO 727 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,767 LONG IN OUR PRISONS, AND I 728 00:19:30,767 --> 00:19:31,633 THINK HE'S RIGHT. 729 00:19:31,633 --> 00:19:33,033 AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT 730 00:19:33,033 --> 00:19:34,200 I'VE BEEN SAYING AS WELL. 731 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,067 >> WHAT ABOUT THE INCARCERATION 732 00:19:36,067 --> 00:19:36,533 RATE. 733 00:19:36,533 --> 00:19:37,467 IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE 734 00:19:37,467 --> 00:19:38,367 INTERESTED IN DEALING WITH? 735 00:19:38,367 --> 00:19:39,633 DO YOU SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM? 736 00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:40,967 >> YEAH, I SEE THE CRIME RATE 737 00:19:40,967 --> 00:19:41,667 AS A PROBLEM. 738 00:19:41,667 --> 00:19:42,967 WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST 739 00:19:42,967 --> 00:19:44,167 CRIME RATES IN THE COUNTRY. 740 00:19:44,167 --> 00:19:45,733 AND I DON'T THINK WE 741 00:19:45,733 --> 00:19:48,100 EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH 742 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:48,600 CRIMINALS. 743 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,733 BOTH HARDENED CRIMINALS AND 744 00:19:50,733 --> 00:19:52,233 THOSE WHO ARE NONVIOLENT. 745 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:53,767 I DON'T THINK WE EFFECTIVELY 746 00:19:53,767 --> 00:19:54,867 DEAL WITH THEM AT ALL. 747 00:19:54,867 --> 00:19:57,600 I'M NOT GOING TO PICK AN 748 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:58,867 ARBITRARY NUMBER LIKE JOHN BEL 749 00:19:58,867 --> 00:19:59,900 EDWARDS DID AND I'M NOT GOING 750 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:03,167 TO RELEASE 5,500 CRIMINALS FROM 751 00:20:03,167 --> 00:20:04,467 LOUISIANA PRISONS LIKE HE SAID 752 00:20:04,467 --> 00:20:06,700 HE WOULD BECAUSE I THINK THAT 753 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:08,033 WOULD ENDANGER LOUISIANA 754 00:20:08,033 --> 00:20:08,533 CITIZENS. 755 00:20:08,533 --> 00:20:10,433 >> HE SAYS THAT IS AN ARBITRARY 756 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:11,033 NUMBER. 757 00:20:11,033 --> 00:20:12,367 WHERE DID YOU GET THAT NUMBER? 758 00:20:12,367 --> 00:20:14,433 >> FROM THE SECRETARY 759 00:20:14,433 --> 00:20:15,300 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO 760 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:16,267 KNOWS MORE ABOUT HOW MANY 761 00:20:16,267 --> 00:20:17,900 INMATES WE HAVE IN LOUISIANA 762 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,567 THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE. 763 00:20:19,567 --> 00:20:21,067 ABSOLUTELY NOT ARBITRARY. 764 00:20:21,067 --> 00:20:22,733 >> THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 765 00:20:22,733 --> 00:20:24,967 NEGATIVE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 766 00:20:24,967 --> 00:20:26,167 SAID ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. 767 00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:28,367 YOU DID ADMIT TO A SERIOUS SIN 768 00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:29,367 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 769 00:20:29,367 --> 00:20:33,533 A LOT OF THINGS HAVE COME 770 00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:35,433 OUT -- A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS 771 00:20:35,433 --> 00:20:37,000 HAVE COME OUT HERE IN RECENT 772 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:37,467 WEEKS. 773 00:20:37,467 --> 00:20:41,400 WHEN YOU ARE A PUBLIC SERVANT 774 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,767 YOU'RE UNDER SCRUTINY, 775 00:20:42,767 --> 00:20:44,500 PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND PERSONAL 776 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:46,433 LIFE IS UNDER SCRUTINY, LIKE IT 777 00:20:46,433 --> 00:20:47,000 OR NOT. 778 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,367 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE 779 00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:49,500 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR 780 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:50,733 PERSONAL LIFE AND THINGS THAT 781 00:20:50,733 --> 00:20:51,300 HAVE COME OUT? 782 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:52,033 >> SURE. 783 00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:54,433 AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY MY 784 00:20:54,433 --> 00:20:57,600 POLITICAL ENEMIES ARE USING 785 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:58,300 THAT TACT. 786 00:20:58,300 --> 00:20:59,700 TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS, TWO 787 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:00,833 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. 788 00:21:00,833 --> 00:21:02,633 I TALKED TO VOTERS ALL AROUND 789 00:21:02,633 --> 00:21:04,400 THE STATE ALL OF THE TIME. 790 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,700 AND I SAID YEARS AGO THAT I DID 791 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,000 COMMIT A SERIOUS SIN IN MY 792 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,167 MARRIAGE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. 793 00:21:11,167 --> 00:21:13,800 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I FIXED 794 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:14,800 THAT PROBLEM. 795 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,967 I ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AND 796 00:21:17,967 --> 00:21:20,100 REDEMPTION, AND RECEIVED IT AND 797 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,433 I THANK GOD FOR THAT AND MY 798 00:21:21,433 --> 00:21:23,900 FAMILY AND WENDY FOR THAT EVERY 799 00:21:23,900 --> 00:21:24,333 DAY. 800 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:25,433 >> DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE THE 801 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:26,300 RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 802 00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:28,167 PERSONAL LIVES OF POLITICIANS? 803 00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:30,433 >> DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO 804 00:21:30,433 --> 00:21:30,867 KNOW? 805 00:21:30,867 --> 00:21:32,333 WHEN THERE IS INTERSECTIONS 806 00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:33,600 BETWEEN THE PERSONAL LIFE AND 807 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,000 THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. 808 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,033 I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF AS A 809 00:21:38,033 --> 00:21:40,633 PUBLIC FIGURE YOU MAKE CERTAIN 810 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:42,633 STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PERSONAL 811 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:46,933 LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEN 812 00:21:46,933 --> 00:21:48,867 YOU'RE HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT YOUR 813 00:21:48,867 --> 00:21:49,967 OWN PERSONAL LIFE AND WHETHER 814 00:21:49,967 --> 00:21:51,200 IT REFLECTS ON YOUR ABILITY TO 815 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,933 BE A PUBLIC SERVANT, THEN I 816 00:21:52,933 --> 00:21:54,233 THINK THAT IS LEGITIMATE 817 00:21:54,233 --> 00:21:55,700 DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. 818 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:56,433 YES, I DO. 819 00:21:56,433 --> 00:21:57,967 >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO GET 820 00:21:57,967 --> 00:21:59,733 VOTERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE IN 821 00:21:59,733 --> 00:22:01,200 THIS RUNOFF ELECTION? 822 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:02,800 >> GO OUT AND EARLY VOTE. 823 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,233 GO AHEAD AND DO IT. 824 00:22:04,233 --> 00:22:06,733 THIS WHOLE ELECTION IS ABOUT 825 00:22:06,733 --> 00:22:07,800 PUTTING LOUISIANA FIRST. 826 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,000 AND THAT'S NOT JUST MY CAMPAIGN 827 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:10,500 SLOGAN. 828 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,300 IT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS 829 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:13,400 OUR NEXT GOVERNOR AND IT MEANS 830 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,267 THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 831 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,600 STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS GOING 832 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:17,800 TO LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT WE 833 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:18,267 GOVERN. 834 00:22:18,267 --> 00:22:19,900 IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO 835 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:20,367 LISTEN. 836 00:22:20,367 --> 00:22:21,633 WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TALK. 837 00:22:21,633 --> 00:22:23,067 IT MEANS THAT I'M GOING TO BE 838 00:22:23,067 --> 00:22:24,267 ACCESSIBLE NOT JUST TO THE 839 00:22:24,267 --> 00:22:25,633 MEDIA, BUT TO THE PEOPLE. 840 00:22:25,633 --> 00:22:28,400 WE WILL TACKLE OUR TOUGHEST 841 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,500 CHALLENGES FIRST BECAUSE ONLY 842 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:31,533 WHEN WE DO THAT WILL WE BE ABLE 843 00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:33,400 TO INVEST AS WE NEED TO IN OUR 844 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,600 CRITICAL PRIORITIES TO MOVE OUR 845 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:35,333 STATE FORWARD. 846 00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:37,200 THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS 847 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,000 OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. 848 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,433 I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED. 849 00:22:39,433 --> 00:22:40,733 >> THE MAIN THING I WOULD SAY 850 00:22:40,733 --> 00:22:42,367 IS THAT THERE IS A LOT RIDING 851 00:22:42,367 --> 00:22:43,600 ON THIS ELECTION. 852 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,100 OUR FUTURE. 853 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:46,733 AND, SO, THIS ISN'T A TIME TO 854 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:48,400 PASS, TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 855 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,733 TO GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME 856 00:22:49,733 --> 00:22:50,533 INSTEAD OF VOTE. 857 00:22:50,533 --> 00:22:51,600 YOU CAN EARLY VOTE. 858 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,533 BUT THERE IS A LOT RIDING ON 859 00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:54,433 THIS ELECTION. 860 00:22:54,433 --> 00:22:56,567 AND FUNDAMENTALLY IT IS A 861 00:22:56,567 --> 00:22:58,667 CHOICE, AS ALL ELECTIONS ARE, 862 00:22:58,667 --> 00:23:00,300 BETWEEN A LOUISIANA 863 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,100 CONSERVATIVE AND A PRO-OBAMA 864 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:02,667 LIBERAL. 865 00:23:02,667 --> 00:23:04,500 AND THAT IS PROVED OUT IN ISSUE 866 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,100 AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. 867 00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:08,400 WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED 868 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,967 CHANGE IN LOUISIANA. 869 00:23:09,967 --> 00:23:11,933 WE ALL AGREE THAT BATON ROUGE 870 00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:13,900 HAS PUT US IN A DITCH. 871 00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:16,167 THE QUESTION IS, WHO'S 872 00:23:16,167 --> 00:23:18,000 LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO GET US 873 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,367 OUT OF THE DITCH HEADED IN THE 874 00:23:20,367 --> 00:23:21,267 RIGHT DIRECTION? 875 00:23:21,267 --> 00:23:22,133 BECAUSE WE CAN HEAD IN THE 876 00:23:22,133 --> 00:23:23,100 WRONG DIRECTION, TOO. 877 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:24,667 I THINK THAT WOULD BE 878 00:23:24,667 --> 00:23:25,767 DISASTROUS FOR LOUISIANA. 879 00:23:25,767 --> 00:23:27,900 >> MANY THANKS TO BOTH JOHN BEL 880 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:29,067 EDWARDS AND DAVID VITTER FOR 881 00:23:29,067 --> 00:23:30,033 TAKING TIME TO TALK WITH US. 882 00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:31,733 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS 883 00:23:31,733 --> 00:23:34,500 INTERVIEW AGAIN, VISIT 884 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:35,400 lpb.org/SWI. 885 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,000 AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEE THE 886 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,033 CANDIDATES LIVE STATEWIDE IN 887 00:23:39,033 --> 00:23:41,033 THE LPB GOVERNOR'S RUNOFF 888 00:23:41,033 --> 00:23:42,833 DEBATE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 889 00:23:42,833 --> 00:23:43,733 AT 7:00 P.M. 890 00:23:43,733 --> 00:23:45,567 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 891 00:23:45,567 --> 00:23:47,333 AND FOR EVERYONE HERE AT LPB, 892 00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:49,533 UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE 893 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:53,667 STATE WE'RE IN. 894 00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:55,667 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM 895 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:57,033 YOU, WRITE "LOUISIANA: THE 896 00:23:57,033 --> 00:23:59,067 STATE WE'RE IN," 7733 PERKINS 897 00:23:59,067 --> 00:24:00,633 ROAD IN BATON ROUGE. 898 00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:06,833 CALL 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