WEBVTT 00:04.867 --> 00:07.033 >>> SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM 00:07.033 --> 00:08.000 IS PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. 00:08.000 --> 00:08.800 AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER 00:08.800 --> 00:09.700 FOUNDATION OF JENNINGS. 00:09.700 --> 00:10.633 THE ZIEGLER MUSEUM IS A 00:10.633 --> 00:13.633 CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST 00:13.633 --> 00:14.667 LOUISIANA, FEATURING EUROPEAN 00:14.667 --> 00:15.833 AND AMERICAN ARTISTS AND 00:15.833 --> 00:19.000 WILDLIFE DIORAMAS. 00:19.000 --> 00:20.267 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS 00:20.267 --> 00:21.533 PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION 00:21.533 --> 00:24.000 FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA 00:24.000 --> 00:25.200 PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY 00:25.200 --> 00:28.333 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:28.333 --> 00:51.567 ** 00:51.567 --> 00:53.167 >>> GOOD EVENING. 00:53.167 --> 00:54.600 I'M SHAUNA SANFORD. 00:54.600 --> 00:55.800 WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL 00:55.800 --> 00:57.167 EDITION OF "LOUISIANA: THE 00:57.167 --> 00:58.633 STATE WE'RE IN." 00:58.633 --> 00:59.667 TONIGHT THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON 00:59.667 --> 01:00.633 THE TWO MEN RUNNING FOR 01:00.633 --> 01:01.867 GOVERNOR. 01:01.867 --> 01:04.233 DEMOCRAT JOHN BEL EDWARDS 01:04.233 --> 01:05.233 AND REPUBLICAN DAVID VITTER. 01:05.233 --> 01:07.000 THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SIT 01:07.000 --> 01:08.000 DOWN WITH ME FOR ONE-ON-ONE 01:08.000 --> 01:09.067 INTERVIEWS. 01:09.067 --> 01:10.033 ASKED MANY OF THE SAME 01:10.033 --> 01:11.300 QUESTIONS, THEY TALKED OPENLY 01:11.300 --> 01:12.800 ABOUT THEIR FAITH, FAMILIES, 01:12.800 --> 01:14.000 THE POLITICAL ATTACKS AND WHY 01:14.000 --> 01:15.400 EACH SHOULD EARN YOUR VOTE TO 01:15.400 --> 01:16.400 BECOME THE NEXT LEADER OF 01:16.400 --> 01:18.567 LOUISIANA. 01:18.567 --> 01:20.733 SINCE OUR CONVERSATIONS, 01:20.733 --> 01:22.067 THERE HAVE BEEN NEW 01:22.067 --> 01:23.133 DEVELOPMENTS MAKING THIS RACE 01:23.133 --> 01:25.167 ALL THE MORE INTRIGUING. 01:25.167 --> 01:26.133 DAVID VITTER WAS ENDORSED BY 01:26.133 --> 01:27.267 FORMER GOVERNOR MIKE FOSTER, 01:27.267 --> 01:28.200 BUT VITTER'S REPUBLICAN 01:28.200 --> 01:29.200 CHALLENGER DURING THE 01:29.200 --> 01:30.733 PRIMARY, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 01:30.733 --> 01:33.533 JAY DARDENNE, CROSSED PARTY 01:33.533 --> 01:34.467 LINES AND ENDORSED DEMOCRAT, 01:34.467 --> 01:35.500 JOHN BEL EDWARDS. 01:35.500 --> 01:36.667 IN A MOMENT, YOU WILL HEAR 01:36.667 --> 01:38.000 THE CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT 01:38.000 --> 01:39.300 SOME ISSUES BUT WE'LL SAVE 01:39.300 --> 01:40.800 MOST OF THEM FOR THE LIVE 01:40.800 --> 01:42.000 LPB GOVERNOR'S RUNOFF DEBATE 01:42.000 --> 01:43.200 ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 01:43.200 --> 01:44.500 AT 7:00 P.M. 01:44.500 --> 01:46.000 THE FIRST DEBATE OF THE RUNOFF. 01:46.000 --> 01:47.100 WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT YOU 01:47.100 --> 01:49.033 TO MISS IT. 01:49.033 --> 01:50.300 DURING OUR INTERVIEWS, MY 01:50.300 --> 01:52.400 FIRST QUESTION TO EACH 01:52.400 --> 01:54.467 CANDIDATE, GIVEN THE PRESSING 01:54.467 --> 01:55.567 PROBLEMS OF THIS STATE FROM 01:55.567 --> 01:56.833 THE DREADFUL BUDGET SITUATION, 01:56.833 --> 01:58.067 TO UNDERFUNDED HIGHER 01:58.067 --> 01:59.467 EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE 01:59.467 --> 02:00.667 SYSTEMS, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, 02:00.667 --> 02:02.667 AND A LIST THAT GOES ON AND 02:02.667 --> 02:03.467 ON, WHY DO THEY EACH WANT 02:03.467 --> 02:05.967 THIS JOB? 02:05.967 --> 02:08.167 >> YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WENDY 02:08.167 --> 02:09.467 AND I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD 02:09.467 --> 02:12.300 ABOUT THE RACE BEFORE WE DE 02:12.300 --> 02:15.667 SITE -- DECIDED. 02:15.667 --> 02:17.667 WE DID DECIDE I COULD HAVE THE 02:17.667 --> 02:18.967 BIGGER IMPACT HERE IN LOUISIANA 02:18.967 --> 02:20.167 TO BUILD THE TEAM TO TAKE ON 02:20.167 --> 02:21.233 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 02:21.233 --> 02:21.600 ABOUT. 02:21.600 --> 02:22.500 YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT. 02:22.500 --> 02:24.233 WE ARE IN THE DITCH AS A STATE. 02:24.233 --> 02:26.033 WE HAVE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES. 02:26.033 --> 02:28.233 BUT I'M EVEN MORE CONVINCED 02:28.233 --> 02:29.933 THAT IF WE HAVE STRONG 02:29.933 --> 02:31.100 LEADERSHIP AND CLEAR SOLUTIONS 02:31.100 --> 02:34.033 AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS 02:34.033 --> 02:35.367 BUILT AROUND, WE CAN HAVE OUR 02:35.367 --> 02:36.600 BEST DAYS AHEAD OF US. 02:36.600 --> 02:38.100 >> I DECIDED TO RUN BECAUSE WE 02:38.100 --> 02:39.167 HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN 02:39.167 --> 02:39.767 DIRECTION. 02:39.767 --> 02:41.300 WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOVERNOR WITH 02:41.300 --> 02:43.833 THE LEADERSHIP ABILITY TO BRING 02:43.833 --> 02:44.967 PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PURSUE THE 02:44.967 --> 02:45.667 COMMON INTEREST. 02:45.667 --> 02:46.567 AND IT'S HARD. 02:46.567 --> 02:47.733 BECAUSE THESE ARE DIFFICULT 02:47.733 --> 02:48.033 TIMES. 02:48.033 --> 02:49.233 THE DECISIONS WE ARE GOING TO 02:49.233 --> 02:50.767 HAVE TO MAKE ARE GOING TO BE 02:50.767 --> 02:51.300 DIFFICULT. 02:51.300 --> 02:52.933 BUT WE NEED SOMEONE WITH THE 02:52.933 --> 02:54.000 RELATIONSHIPS IN THE 02:54.000 --> 02:55.033 LEGISLATURE AND WITH LOCAL 02:55.033 --> 02:56.067 GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE 02:56.067 --> 02:57.600 BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE 02:57.600 --> 02:58.767 HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY TO 02:58.767 --> 02:59.967 BRING IT ALL TOGETHER, BRING 02:59.967 --> 03:01.767 PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PURSUE THE 03:01.767 --> 03:02.967 COMMON INTEREST. 03:02.967 --> 03:04.400 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH WENDY FOR 03:04.400 --> 03:06.767 ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. 03:06.767 --> 03:08.467 >> NOW, YOU'RE THE ONE RUNNING 03:08.467 --> 03:10.633 FOR OFFICE, BUT IF YOU ARE 03:10.633 --> 03:12.533 ELECTED, REALLY YOUR FAMILY IS 03:12.533 --> 03:13.000 ELECTED. 03:13.000 --> 03:13.700 >> YEAH, SURE. 03:13.700 --> 03:14.867 >> YOU JUST MENTIONED YOUR 03:14.867 --> 03:15.533 WIFE, WENDY. 03:15.533 --> 03:16.767 COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 03:16.767 --> 03:18.200 HER AND YOUR FAMILY AS YOU HAVE 03:18.200 --> 03:19.633 EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY? 03:19.633 --> 03:21.000 >> YOU ARE CERTAINLY RIGHT, IT 03:21.000 --> 03:22.867 IS A FAMILY ENDEAVOR BY 03:22.867 --> 03:23.900 DEFINITION AND THEY HAVE BEEN 03:23.900 --> 03:25.000 ALL IN AND THEY COULDN'T BE 03:25.000 --> 03:25.867 MORE SUPPORTIVE. 03:25.867 --> 03:27.033 WENDY HAS BEEN TRAVELING THE 03:27.033 --> 03:27.400 STATE. 03:27.400 --> 03:28.633 SHE IS A GREAT PARTNER IN ALL 03:28.633 --> 03:29.267 OF THIS. 03:29.267 --> 03:31.400 SHE WORKS FULL-TIME. 03:31.400 --> 03:32.700 GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE 03:32.700 --> 03:33.867 ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS, BUT 03:33.867 --> 03:35.233 SHE HAS BEEN ALL IN AND IT HAS 03:35.233 --> 03:38.233 BEEN A FUN EXPERIENCE GOING 03:38.233 --> 03:39.100 AROUND THE STATE. 03:39.100 --> 03:41.433 >> I WAS INTRODUCED BY MY WIFE 03:41.433 --> 03:43.567 WHO HAS BEEN MY PARTNER FOR 26 03:43.567 --> 03:44.000 YEARS. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 >> TOGETHER WE HAVE THREE 03:45.000 --> 03:45.367 CHILDREN. 03:45.367 --> 03:46.467 AND WE HAVE TRAVELED THE STATE 03:46.467 --> 03:47.100 TOGETHER. 03:47.100 --> 03:48.867 AND THEY NOW KNOW WHAT I'VE 03:48.867 --> 03:50.133 ALWAYS KNOWN AND WHY I KNEW 03:50.133 --> 03:51.300 WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AROUND THE 03:51.300 --> 03:53.433 WORLD IN THE ARMY, WE WERE 03:53.433 --> 03:54.100 COMING HOME. 03:54.100 --> 03:55.233 LOUISIANA IS A SPECIAL PLACE. 03:55.233 --> 03:56.367 >> TALK A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR 03:56.367 --> 03:57.600 FAITH AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO 03:57.600 --> 03:59.100 YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 03:59.100 --> 04:01.100 >> LIKE MOST LOUISIANANS, THAT 04:01.100 --> 04:03.533 IS AN ABSOLUTE ANCHOR FOR WENDY 04:03.533 --> 04:04.300 AND ME. 04:04.300 --> 04:06.333 AND CERTAINLY IT HAS GOTTEN ME 04:06.333 --> 04:08.133 THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH TIMES 04:08.133 --> 04:10.433 AND HELD OUT THE PROMISE OF 04:10.433 --> 04:12.200 REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS, 04:12.200 --> 04:13.800 WHICH HAS BEEN SO SPECIAL IN MY 04:13.800 --> 04:14.267 LIFE. 04:14.267 --> 04:15.600 CERTAINLY IT INFORMS WHERE I'M 04:15.600 --> 04:16.633 COMING FROM. 04:16.633 --> 04:18.600 CERTAINLY I'M A THOUSAND 04:18.600 --> 04:19.800 PERCENT PRO LIFE. 04:19.800 --> 04:21.700 HONORED TO BE ENDORSED BY 04:21.700 --> 04:23.000 NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE, 04:23.000 --> 04:24.800 LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE. 04:24.800 --> 04:27.133 CERTAINLY IT INFORMS MY BELIEF 04:27.133 --> 04:29.800 IN THE SANCTITY AND IMPORTANCE 04:29.800 --> 04:30.833 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THAT A 04:30.833 --> 04:32.067 FREEDOM THAT WE NEED TO GIVE 04:32.067 --> 04:33.500 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HELP WE NEED 04:33.500 --> 04:36.167 TO GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL TO 04:36.167 --> 04:37.200 EMPOWER THAT PERSON. 04:37.200 --> 04:39.133 IT INFORMS WHY I THINK A BIG 04:39.133 --> 04:42.800 CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE TODAY IS 04:42.800 --> 04:43.267 EDUCATION. 04:43.267 --> 04:45.800 BECAUSE SO MANY POOR FAMILIES 04:45.800 --> 04:46.900 DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE 04:46.900 --> 04:47.433 OPPORTUNITY. 04:47.433 --> 04:49.400 AND IF THEY'RE CONFINED AND 04:49.400 --> 04:51.133 RELEGATED TO A FAILING SCHOOL, 04:51.133 --> 04:53.300 THAT'S LIKE AN ECONOMIC DEATH 04:53.300 --> 04:54.433 SENTENCE AND THAT'S WRONG. 04:54.433 --> 04:56.200 SO IT INFORMS ALL OF THOSE 04:56.200 --> 04:56.633 THINGS. 04:56.633 --> 04:58.067 >> I WAS RAISED BY MY MOTHER 04:58.067 --> 04:58.800 AND FATHER. 04:58.800 --> 05:00.500 MY MOTHER IS A CHARITY HOSPITAL 05:00.500 --> 05:00.967 NURSE. 05:00.967 --> 05:03.967 MY FATHER WAS A SHERIFF. 05:03.967 --> 05:05.167 THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN IN 10 05:05.167 --> 05:05.600 YEARS. 05:05.600 --> 05:07.967 WE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. 05:07.967 --> 05:11.000 FILLED UP AN ENTIRE PEW. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.100 AND WE DID THE CATECHISM. 05:13.100 --> 05:14.733 THE TOUGHEST CATECHISM TEACHER 05:14.733 --> 05:16.033 I EVER HAD WAS IN THE SIXTH 05:16.033 --> 05:17.433 GRADE BECAUSE IT WAS MY MOTHER. 05:17.433 --> 05:19.167 THE FAITH IS ESSENTIAL TO ME 05:19.167 --> 05:20.300 AND TO MY WIFE. 05:20.300 --> 05:22.533 IT INFORMS OUR DECISIONS. 05:22.533 --> 05:24.767 IT INFORMS MANY OF MY POLICY 05:24.767 --> 05:26.100 POSITIONS, NOT JUST MY PRIVATE 05:26.100 --> 05:28.567 LIFE, BUT POSITIONS THAT I HAVE 05:28.567 --> 05:29.867 IN THE LEGISLATURE AND 05:29.867 --> 05:31.200 POSITIONS THAT I'M GOING TO 05:31.200 --> 05:34.733 HAVE AS GOVERNOR, INFORMED BY 05:34.733 --> 05:36.633 MY CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN FAITH. 05:36.633 --> 05:38.500 PLEADS ME TO BE PRO LIFE FOR 05:38.500 --> 05:40.167 EXAMPLE, IN EIGHT YEARS IN THE 05:40.167 --> 05:41.767 LEGISLATURE, 100% VOTING RECORD 05:41.767 --> 05:43.333 WITH LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE. 05:43.333 --> 05:45.167 I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE I'M PRO 05:45.167 --> 05:46.333 LIFE, NOT JUST PRO BIRTH. 05:46.333 --> 05:48.033 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 05:48.033 --> 05:50.033 SOME PEOPLE THAT ONCE THE CHILD 05:50.033 --> 05:51.900 IS BORN, THEY FEEL NO 05:51.900 --> 05:53.033 OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO HELP 05:53.033 --> 05:54.400 THE MOTHER WITH THAT CHILD, 05:54.400 --> 05:56.167 WHETHER THEY NEED NUTRITION OR 05:56.167 --> 05:57.800 EDUCATION OR HOUSING OR HEALTH 05:57.800 --> 05:58.233 CARE. 05:58.233 --> 06:00.400 I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE FOLKS. 06:00.400 --> 06:02.667 I BELIEVE IN BEING PRO LIFE. 06:02.667 --> 06:03.800 >> WHAT'S THE SCRIPTURE THAT 06:03.800 --> 06:05.067 YOU GO TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN 06:05.067 --> 06:06.567 WHEN YOU NEED TO DRAW ON YOUR 06:06.567 --> 06:06.933 FAITH? 06:06.933 --> 06:08.667 >> OH, IT'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR 06:08.667 --> 06:09.200 SCRIPTURE. 06:09.200 --> 06:11.667 YOU KNOW, I'M A GOOD CATHOLIC, 06:11.667 --> 06:15.300 SO DON'T ASK ME TO QUOTE THE 06:15.300 --> 06:15.733 BIBLE. 06:15.733 --> 06:17.433 IT'S THE GENERAL VALUES THAT 06:17.433 --> 06:19.667 THAT IS ALL ABOUT. 06:19.667 --> 06:20.933 THE GENERAL TRADITIONS, 06:20.933 --> 06:23.500 INCLUDING FORGIVENESS AND 06:23.500 --> 06:25.067 REDEMPTION AND HOW WE TREAT ONE 06:25.067 --> 06:26.400 ANOTHER, PARTICULARLY IN A 06:26.400 --> 06:27.900 FAMILY UNIT AND OTHERWISE. 06:27.900 --> 06:30.400 >> I WILL TELL YOU MATTHEW 25, 06:30.400 --> 06:33.000 DOING FOR THE LEAST AMONG US IS 06:33.000 --> 06:34.033 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 06:34.033 --> 06:35.400 BUT IT IS THE SECOND PART OF 06:35.400 --> 06:38.300 THAT THAT REALLY STICKS WITH ME 06:38.300 --> 06:39.933 BECAUSE WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE 06:39.933 --> 06:42.333 SCRIPTURE WHEN JESUS SAID, YOU 06:42.333 --> 06:44.867 KNOW, WHEN YOU SAW ME HUNGRY OR 06:44.867 --> 06:47.100 THIRSTY OR NEEDING CLOTHING OR 06:47.100 --> 06:48.967 IN PRISON OR SICK, WHEN DID WE 06:48.967 --> 06:50.867 SEE YOU THAT WAY? 06:50.867 --> 06:53.100 WELL, WHEN YOU DID IT FOR THE 06:53.100 --> 06:54.700 LEAST, YOU DID IT TO ME. 06:54.700 --> 06:56.200 THEY FOLLOWS THAT UP. 06:56.200 --> 06:58.567 WHEN YOU SAW THE LEAST AMONG 06:58.567 --> 07:00.067 YOU AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT FOR 07:00.067 --> 07:01.867 THEM, THAT YOU ALSO DID NOT DO 07:01.867 --> 07:02.367 FOR ME. 07:02.367 --> 07:03.833 IT IS THE SECOND PART THAT 07:03.833 --> 07:04.700 REINFORCES THE FIRST. 07:04.700 --> 07:06.600 AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS 07:06.600 --> 07:08.500 ABOUT MY FAITH THAT INFORMS MY 07:08.500 --> 07:11.067 POLICY POSITIONS AND I THINK WE 07:11.067 --> 07:13.267 NEED TO DO WHAT WE REASONABLY 07:13.267 --> 07:16.100 CAN FOR THE POOR IN LOUISIANA. 07:16.100 --> 07:17.867 JAMES TWO, FAITH WITHOUT WORKS 07:17.867 --> 07:19.400 IS -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 07:19.400 --> 07:19.800 WORKS. 07:19.800 --> 07:21.000 >> LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 07:21.000 --> 07:22.967 YOUR TIME SERVING IN THE STATE 07:22.967 --> 07:23.600 LEGISLATURE. 07:23.600 --> 07:24.700 YOU HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THERE. 07:24.700 --> 07:26.900 YOU WAGED A LOT OF TOUGH 07:26.900 --> 07:27.333 BATTLES. 07:27.333 --> 07:28.600 DIDN'T WIN YOU A WHOLE LOT OF 07:28.600 --> 07:29.133 FRIENDS. 07:29.133 --> 07:30.967 SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT YOU 07:30.967 --> 07:32.000 WERE AN OUTCAST. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.400 DID YOU SEE IT THAT WAY? 07:33.400 --> 07:35.400 DID YOU EVEN CARE IF THAT IS 07:35.400 --> 07:36.233 HOW SOME PEOPLE -- 07:36.233 --> 07:38.500 >> I WAS AN OUTCAST AND QUITE 07:38.500 --> 07:39.967 FRANKLY I WOULD WEAR THAT AS A 07:39.967 --> 07:45.800 BADGE OF HONOR, CONSIDERING 07:45.800 --> 07:47.600 THOSE THAT WERE -- THE GOOD OLE 07:47.600 --> 07:49.900 BOYS WHO CAST ME OUT, AND, YES, 07:49.900 --> 07:52.100 BECAUSE I WAS FIGHTING FOR 07:52.100 --> 07:53.267 CHANGE AND WE BROUGHT CHANGE. 07:53.267 --> 07:56.133 WE OFFERED AND PASSED TERM 07:56.133 --> 07:56.600 LIMITS. 07:56.600 --> 07:57.600 >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO 07:57.600 --> 07:58.833 FEEL IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN THAT 07:58.833 --> 08:00.567 GREAT FOR LOUISIANA, AND I'M 08:00.567 --> 08:01.867 SURE THESE ARE CRITICISMS THAT 08:01.867 --> 08:02.700 YOU HAVE HEARD. 08:02.700 --> 08:03.967 SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID THAT 08:03.967 --> 08:06.400 IT HAS INCREASED THE RATE AT 08:06.400 --> 08:07.567 WHICH PEOPLE JUMP FROM THE 08:07.567 --> 08:08.400 HOUSE TO THE SENATE. 08:08.400 --> 08:10.233 IN FACT, IT HAS WEAKENED THE 08:10.233 --> 08:11.367 HOUSE, THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL 08:11.367 --> 08:14.100 ABLE TO GET BEYOND THAT 12-YEAR 08:14.100 --> 08:14.767 RESTRICTION. 08:14.767 --> 08:16.167 AND THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ABLE 08:16.167 --> 08:18.300 TO HOP FROM ONE OFFICE TO THE 08:18.300 --> 08:18.833 OTHER. 08:18.833 --> 08:20.700 SO, IS IT WORKING THE WAY THAT 08:20.700 --> 08:21.633 YOU ENVISIONED? 08:21.633 --> 08:23.300 >> OH, I THINK IT IS WORKING 08:23.300 --> 08:25.300 VERY WELL AND IT IS BRINGING 08:25.300 --> 08:26.933 NEW, FRESH, INPUT AND IDEAS 08:26.933 --> 08:29.100 INTO THE STATE LEGISLATURE 08:29.100 --> 08:29.767 OVERALL. 08:29.767 --> 08:31.867 I THINK YOU HAVE MORE TRUE 08:31.867 --> 08:33.367 CITIZEN LEGISLATORS THAN EVER 08:33.367 --> 08:33.800 BEFORE. 08:33.800 --> 08:35.133 MORE FOLKS FROM BUSINESS AND 08:35.133 --> 08:39.433 OTHER BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE VERY 08:39.433 --> 08:40.000 IMPORTANT. 08:40.000 --> 08:41.200 OUR REPRESENTATIVE'S VOICES. 08:41.200 --> 08:42.600 IT IS TRUE IF YOU SERVE IN THE 08:42.600 --> 08:44.200 HOUSE YOU CAN GO SERVE IN THE 08:44.200 --> 08:44.700 SENATE. 08:44.700 --> 08:45.767 IT WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO 08:45.767 --> 08:46.533 PREVENT THAT. 08:46.533 --> 08:49.700 BUT I THINK IT HAS CHANGED THE 08:49.700 --> 08:51.667 CULTURE SOMEWHAT IN BATON 08:51.667 --> 08:53.567 ROUGE, AND HELPED US BECOME A 08:53.567 --> 08:55.800 MORE CONSERVATIVE STATE IN 08:55.800 --> 08:57.333 TERMS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 08:57.333 --> 08:58.700 >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS 08:58.700 --> 08:59.900 HELPED THEM BECOME MORE 08:59.900 --> 09:00.733 CONSERVATIVE OR NOT. 09:00.733 --> 09:02.133 I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DON'T 09:02.133 --> 09:03.233 BELIEVE THERE IS MUCH 09:03.233 --> 09:04.933 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 09:04.933 --> 09:07.033 CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF THE 09:07.033 --> 09:08.100 LEGISLATURE TODAY THAN THERE 09:08.100 --> 09:09.167 WAS 10, 15 YEARS AGO. 09:09.167 --> 09:11.033 AND IN GENERAL, I'M AGAINST 09:11.033 --> 09:11.467 THEM. 09:11.467 --> 09:13.233 NOW WE HAVE TERM LIMITS FOR THE 09:13.233 --> 09:13.767 GOVERNOR. 09:13.767 --> 09:15.333 I HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO ANYTHING 09:15.333 --> 09:15.967 ABOUT THAT. 09:15.967 --> 09:18.300 WE HAVE TERM LIMITS FOR THE 09:18.300 --> 09:18.933 LEGISLATURE. 09:18.933 --> 09:19.733 HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO ANYTHING 09:19.733 --> 09:20.333 ABOUT THAT. 09:20.333 --> 09:21.467 LEGISLATURE, AS NEW BILLS HAVE 09:21.467 --> 09:23.200 COME UP TO TRY TO INCREASE THE 09:23.200 --> 09:25.100 NUMBER OF OFFICES, SUBSEQUENT 09:25.100 --> 09:26.867 TERM LIMITS, I THINK WITHOUT 09:26.867 --> 09:28.200 EXCEPTION I HAVE BEEN OPPOSED 09:28.200 --> 09:29.367 TO THOSE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 09:29.367 --> 09:30.633 THE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO 09:30.633 --> 09:32.100 DECIDE WHO THEIR LEADERS ARE 09:32.100 --> 09:33.967 AND NOT THE LAW SETTING SOME 09:33.967 --> 09:34.900 ARBITRARY LIMIT. 09:34.900 --> 09:37.133 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT A 09:37.133 --> 09:38.500 GOVERNOR SHOULD BE SOMEONE WHO 09:38.500 --> 09:39.767 BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, A 09:39.767 --> 09:40.533 CONSENSUS BUILDER. 09:40.533 --> 09:43.200 DO YOU SEE THE JOB IN THAT WAY? 09:43.200 --> 09:45.000 >> ABSOLUTELY AND I HAVE THE 09:45.000 --> 09:47.333 RECORD OF BIPARTISAN WORK. 09:47.333 --> 09:49.467 LOOK, I DON'T MIND ROCKING THE 09:49.467 --> 09:49.800 BOAT. 09:49.800 --> 09:52.000 I DON'T MIND OPPOSING THE 09:52.000 --> 09:52.500 INSIDERS. 09:52.500 --> 09:53.767 I HAVE DONE THAT OVER AND OVER 09:53.767 --> 09:54.333 AND OVER. 09:54.333 --> 09:55.467 AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. 09:55.467 --> 09:56.667 I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT. 09:56.667 --> 09:58.100 I HAVE THE STRONGEST PROVEN 09:58.100 --> 10:00.433 RECORD OF ACTUALLY PASSING 10:00.433 --> 10:01.967 IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. 10:01.967 --> 10:04.267 USUALLY ON A VERY BIPARTISAN 10:04.267 --> 10:04.833 BASIS. 10:04.833 --> 10:05.667 JUST RECENT EXAMPLES. 10:05.667 --> 10:07.700 RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, I'M ONE 10:07.700 --> 10:09.000 OF THE LEADING REPUBLICANS 10:09.000 --> 10:10.933 WORKING ON A CONSENSUS 10:10.933 --> 10:11.867 BIPARTISAN HIGHWAY BILL, 10:11.867 --> 10:13.667 IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNTRY, 10:13.667 --> 10:14.667 IMPORTANT FOR LOUISIANA. 10:14.667 --> 10:16.700 IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I 10:16.700 --> 10:18.533 JOINED WITH BARBARA BOXER OF 10:18.533 --> 10:20.000 CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE MOST 10:20.000 --> 10:22.333 LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, 10:22.333 --> 10:24.733 AND WE CAME TOGETHER AND 10:24.733 --> 10:26.800 COWROTE AND PASSED A WATER 10:26.800 --> 10:27.967 RESOURCES BILL. 10:27.967 --> 10:29.867 REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF 10:29.867 --> 10:31.467 CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT. 10:31.467 --> 10:33.867 HELPED TO PASS THE FLOOD 10:33.867 --> 10:34.600 INSURANCE FIX. 10:34.600 --> 10:36.300 THERE WAS A REAL CRISIS IN 10:36.300 --> 10:37.467 SOUTH LOUISIANA BECAUSE OF SOME 10:37.467 --> 10:39.100 OF THE NEW FLOOD INSURANCE 10:39.100 --> 10:40.367 RULES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 10:40.367 --> 10:43.500 I WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS AGAIN 10:43.500 --> 10:45.433 ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO GET 10:45.433 --> 10:47.333 THAT FIXED AND THAT WAS 10:47.333 --> 10:48.900 ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IN SOUTH 10:48.900 --> 10:50.067 LOUISIANA, PARTICULARLY AFTER 10:50.067 --> 10:50.767 OUR HURRICANES. 10:50.767 --> 10:52.700 >> AND, SO, EVEN WITH ALL OF 10:52.700 --> 10:54.100 THAT, PEOPLE STILL REFER TO YOU 10:54.100 --> 10:55.867 AS POLARIZING AND THEY SAY 10:55.867 --> 10:57.433 YOU'RE NOT GOOD WHEN IT COMES 10:57.433 --> 10:58.900 TO COMPROMISE. 10:58.900 --> 11:00.533 >> CERTAINLY MY POLITICAL 11:00.533 --> 11:02.267 DETRACTORS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO 11:02.267 --> 11:02.800 SAY THAT. 11:02.800 --> 11:03.933 CERTAINLY JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS 11:03.933 --> 11:06.400 GOING TO CAMPAIGN THAT WAY. 11:06.400 --> 11:07.933 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 11:07.933 --> 11:11.400 RECORD, HE IS ONE OF THE MOST 11:11.400 --> 11:14.533 LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE 11:14.533 --> 11:15.100 HOUSE. 11:15.100 --> 11:16.433 HE HAS BEEN VERY POLARIZED IN 11:16.433 --> 11:17.400 THAT SENSE. 11:17.400 --> 11:18.533 >> DAVID VITTER HAS NOTHING 11:18.533 --> 11:20.267 ELSE TO SAY AND THAT ANSWER IS 11:20.267 --> 11:22.100 AN EXAMPLE OF HOW POLARIZING HE 11:22.100 --> 11:22.600 IS. 11:22.600 --> 11:23.867 I AM 100% WITH LOUISIANA RIGHT 11:23.867 --> 11:24.567 TO LIFE. 11:24.567 --> 11:27.567 I HAVE AN A WITHIN NRA. 11:27.567 --> 11:29.267 I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL 11:29.267 --> 11:31.267 GOVERN FROM THE CENTER OF THE 11:31.267 --> 11:32.633 POLITICAL SPECTRUM WITH 11:32.633 --> 11:34.100 POSITIONS ON MANY ISSUES THAT 11:34.100 --> 11:36.000 ARE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE. 11:36.000 --> 11:37.533 HOW IS IT A LIBERAL POSITION TO 11:37.533 --> 11:39.133 WANT TO BRING BACK OUR FEDERAL 11:39.133 --> 11:41.000 TAX DOLLARS AND PROVIDE HEALTH 11:41.000 --> 11:42.400 CARE COVERAGE TO OUR WORKING 11:42.400 --> 11:44.633 POOR SO THAT OUR HOSPITALS, 11:44.633 --> 11:46.167 CLINICS, AND DOCTORS GET 11:46.167 --> 11:47.400 REIMBURSED FOR THE CARE THAT 11:47.400 --> 11:48.167 THEY'RE PROVIDING. 11:48.167 --> 11:49.800 THAT IS NOT A LIBERAL POSITION. 11:49.800 --> 11:51.400 THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE 11:51.400 --> 11:51.933 POSITION. 11:51.933 --> 11:53.533 THAT IS THE RIGHT POSITION. 11:53.533 --> 11:55.767 >> WE NEED A COMMITTED, HONEST 11:55.767 --> 11:57.733 DISCIPLINED GOVERNOR WITH THE 11:57.733 --> 12:00.100 LEADERSHIP ABILITY TO BRING 12:00.100 --> 12:01.067 PEOPLE TOGETHER. 12:01.067 --> 12:03.933 REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, 12:03.933 --> 12:05.333 PARTY, GEOGRAPHY. 12:05.333 --> 12:06.833 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 12:06.833 --> 12:08.000 WHO FEEL THAT THERE ARE A LOT 12:08.000 --> 12:09.700 OF ISSUES HERE IN LOUISIANA 12:09.700 --> 12:11.867 THAT ARE DIVIDED ALONG GENDER 12:11.867 --> 12:13.367 LINES, RACIAL LINES, AND PARTY 12:13.367 --> 12:13.867 LINES. 12:13.867 --> 12:16.433 SO THAT'S A PRETTY TALL ORDER. 12:16.433 --> 12:17.500 WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? 12:17.500 --> 12:19.733 >> WELL, LOOK, YOU BEGIN BY 12:19.733 --> 12:20.967 PUTTING LOUISIANA FIRST. 12:20.967 --> 12:22.033 NOT PARTY. 12:22.033 --> 12:24.333 AND SO MY POSITION NOW AND 12:24.333 --> 12:26.067 ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL 12:26.067 --> 12:26.533 BE. 12:26.533 --> 12:28.067 I WILL STAND WITH ANYONE OF ANY 12:28.067 --> 12:29.800 PARTY WHO WANTS TO DO GOOD BY 12:29.800 --> 12:30.367 LOUISIANA. 12:30.367 --> 12:32.700 AND I WILL STAND UP AGAINST AND 12:32.700 --> 12:34.033 FIGHT ANYONE OF ANY PARTY WHO 12:34.033 --> 12:36.133 WANTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS 12:36.133 --> 12:37.000 BAD FOR OUR STATE. 12:37.000 --> 12:39.500 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO 12:39.500 --> 12:41.167 BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 12:41.167 --> 12:43.067 CONVINCE THEM THAT YOU HAVE THE 12:43.067 --> 12:44.333 LEADERSHIP ABILITY, NOT JUST TO 12:44.333 --> 12:46.633 SPEAK TO THEM, BUT TO LISTEN TO 12:46.633 --> 12:47.033 THEM. 12:47.033 --> 12:48.900 AND WORK TOGETHER AND FIND 12:48.900 --> 12:50.767 COMPROMISE TO MOVE THE STATE 12:50.767 --> 12:51.233 FORWARD. 12:51.233 --> 12:52.400 >> GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME 12:52.400 --> 12:54.000 OF YOUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE 12:54.000 --> 12:54.400 AISLE. 12:54.400 --> 12:55.633 HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. 12:55.633 --> 12:57.100 THEY SAY THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS 12:57.100 --> 12:57.833 WELL PREPARED. 12:57.833 --> 12:59.467 THAT YOU'RE EASY TO WORK WITH, 12:59.467 --> 13:01.467 BUT THEY SAY THAT YOU ARE 13:01.467 --> 13:03.667 OPINIONATED AND THAT YOU HAVE 13:03.667 --> 13:05.667 SUCH FIRMLY HELD CONVICTIONS 13:05.667 --> 13:07.500 THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED WHETHER 13:07.500 --> 13:10.433 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPROMISE 13:10.433 --> 13:12.000 AND CONSIDERING THAT THE 13:12.000 --> 13:13.800 MAJORITY IN BOTH THE STATEHOUSE 13:13.800 --> 13:17.000 AND THE SENATE, REPUBLICANS, 13:17.000 --> 13:18.033 COMPROMISE IS GOING TO BE 13:18.033 --> 13:18.900 ESSENTIAL, RIGHT? 13:18.900 --> 13:20.767 >> I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND 13:20.767 --> 13:21.267 THAT. 13:21.267 --> 13:25.433 AND I KNOW THAT I DO HAVE 13:25.433 --> 13:25.867 OPINIONS. 13:25.867 --> 13:26.667 WE CAN COMPROMISE. 13:26.667 --> 13:28.367 IT IS NOT A DIRTY WORD. 13:28.367 --> 13:30.500 IT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING 13:30.500 --> 13:31.567 OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 13:31.567 --> 13:34.400 MOST PROUD OF THE WORK I DID IN 13:34.400 --> 13:37.667 2013 WHERE I WAS ABLE TO BRING 13:37.667 --> 13:40.167 TOGETHER REPUBLICANS AND 13:40.167 --> 13:41.300 DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS IN 13:41.300 --> 13:42.900 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO 13:42.900 --> 13:45.267 INSIST UPON AN INCREASE IN 13:45.267 --> 13:47.033 INVESTMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION. 13:47.033 --> 13:49.933 AS A RESULT, WE INVESTED $70 13:49.933 --> 13:53.067 MILLION MORE THAT YEAR IN K-12 13:53.067 --> 13:54.100 EDUCATION THAN HAD -- WOULD 13:54.100 --> 13:55.400 HAVE BEEN THE CASE OTHERWISE. 13:55.400 --> 13:58.933 I THEN AUTHORED A RESOLUTION 13:58.933 --> 14:01.867 ASKING BESE TO INCORPORATE THAT 14:01.867 --> 14:03.200 MONEY INTO NEXT YEAR'S FORMULA, 14:03.200 --> 14:04.600 AND NOW IT IS IN THIS YEAR'S 14:04.600 --> 14:06.233 FORMULA, TOO, ALONG WITH MORE 14:06.233 --> 14:07.667 MONEY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS 14:07.667 --> 14:10.333 MOST RECENT SESSION IN THE SAME 14:10.333 --> 14:10.700 WAY. 14:10.700 --> 14:13.333 END OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, 14:13.333 --> 14:16.100 THERE WILL BE $250 MILLION MORE 14:16.100 --> 14:17.733 INVESTED IN K-12 EDUCATION THAN 14:17.733 --> 14:18.767 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CASE 14:18.767 --> 14:20.033 WITHOUT MY LEADERSHIP IN THE 14:20.033 --> 14:20.433 HOUSE. 14:20.433 --> 14:21.667 HALF OF THAT MONEY HAS GONE TO 14:21.667 --> 14:23.033 PAY RAISES FOR CERTIFIED 14:23.033 --> 14:23.967 CLASSROOM TEACHERS. 14:23.967 --> 14:25.467 >> ARE YOU PREPARED TO BE A 14:25.467 --> 14:27.000 ONE-TERM GOVERNOR? 14:27.000 --> 14:28.867 >> YES, IF IT TAKES THAT. 14:28.867 --> 14:31.567 BUT I THINK WE CAN START A REAL 14:31.567 --> 14:32.800 TURN-AROUND, GIVE PEOPLE REAL 14:32.800 --> 14:34.967 HOPE SO I'M NOT EXPECTING THAT, 14:34.967 --> 14:36.433 BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IT 14:36.433 --> 14:36.833 TAKES. 14:36.833 --> 14:38.467 >> TO BE A TRULY EFFECTIVE 14:38.467 --> 14:39.733 GOVERNOR YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 14:39.733 --> 14:41.300 TO RISK BEING A ONE-TERM 14:41.300 --> 14:42.267 GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF DECISIONS 14:42.267 --> 14:43.433 THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE 14:43.433 --> 14:45.467 MADE, THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE 14:45.467 --> 14:46.767 GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO GET OUT 14:46.767 --> 14:48.033 OF THE DITCH ARE GOING TO BE 14:48.033 --> 14:49.000 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 14:49.000 --> 14:50.733 SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GOING TO 14:50.733 --> 14:51.400 BE POPULAR. 14:51.400 --> 14:52.800 BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 14:52.800 --> 14:54.267 >> YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT 14:54.267 --> 14:56.200 ABOUT EDUCATION ON ELECTION 14:56.200 --> 14:57.200 NIGHT, YOU SAID -- 14:57.200 --> 14:58.733 >> FIRST THING WE'RE GOING DO 14:58.733 --> 15:00.567 IS TO PUT A STAKE THROUGH THE 15:00.567 --> 15:02.033 HEART OF WASHINGTON'S COMMON 15:02.033 --> 15:04.833 CORE AND REPLACE IT WITH A 15:04.833 --> 15:06.133 SMARTER AND BETTER LOUISIANA 15:06.133 --> 15:06.667 SYSTEM. 15:06.667 --> 15:07.667 [APPLAUSE] 15:07.667 --> 15:10.033 >> NOW, AT ONE POINT YOU WERE 15:10.033 --> 15:10.867 FOR IT. 15:10.867 --> 15:12.767 NOW YOU ARE VEHEMENTLY AGAINST 15:12.767 --> 15:13.133 IT. 15:13.133 --> 15:13.667 WHAT CHANGED? 15:13.667 --> 15:15.200 >> WHAT I SAID IS I SUPPORTED 15:15.200 --> 15:16.367 STRONG STANDARDS AND 15:16.367 --> 15:17.000 ACCOUNTABILITY. 15:17.000 --> 15:17.433 STILL DO. 15:17.433 --> 15:18.900 WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DETAILS OF 15:18.900 --> 15:22.333 COMMON CORE, I FOUND TWO 15:22.333 --> 15:22.767 THINGS. 15:22.767 --> 15:24.600 FIRST OF ALL, SEEDING WAY TOO 15:24.600 --> 15:29.000 MUCH POWER AND AUTHORITY TO 15:29.000 --> 15:30.133 OUTSIDE OF LOUISIANA. 15:30.133 --> 15:31.467 SECONDLY, SOME SPECIFICS OF 15:31.467 --> 15:33.833 THOSE STANDARDS I THINK ARE 15:33.833 --> 15:35.033 DEVELOPMENTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. 15:35.033 --> 15:37.233 AND THEY NEED TO BE FIXED, 15:37.233 --> 15:38.667 PARTICULARLY FOR EARLIER 15:38.667 --> 15:39.133 GRADES. 15:39.133 --> 15:41.467 AND, THIRD, IT'S BEEN A 15:41.467 --> 15:44.133 DISASTER IN TERMS OF EMPOWERING 15:44.133 --> 15:46.133 THE MOST IMPORTANT EDUCATORS IN 15:46.133 --> 15:46.933 THE EQUATION. 15:46.933 --> 15:48.333 PARENTS AND TEACHERS. 15:48.333 --> 15:49.867 >> WHY DO YOU THINK COMMON CORE 15:49.867 --> 15:51.200 IS NOT THE BEST THING FOR 15:51.200 --> 15:51.700 LOUISIANA? 15:51.700 --> 15:54.000 >> WELL, LOOK, I DON'T BELIEVE 15:54.000 --> 15:56.133 YOU SHOULD EVER TAKE ACADEMIC 15:56.133 --> 15:57.500 STANDARDS DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF 15:57.500 --> 15:58.700 THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND 15:58.700 --> 16:00.467 ADOPT THEM IN OUR STATE IN 16:00.467 --> 16:01.600 WHOLESALE FASHION BEFORE YOU 16:01.600 --> 16:03.433 HAVE VETTED THOSE STANDARDS 16:03.433 --> 16:05.600 WITH LOUISIANA EDUCATORS AND 16:05.600 --> 16:06.500 LOUISIANA PARENTS. 16:06.500 --> 16:08.467 NOW, I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED 16:08.467 --> 16:09.100 COMMON CORE. 16:09.100 --> 16:11.633 I DID SUPPORT THE COMPROMISE 16:11.633 --> 16:13.800 THIS PAST YEAR WHEREBY WE ARE 16:13.800 --> 16:15.467 RECEIVING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE 16:15.467 --> 16:16.067 STANDARDS. 16:16.067 --> 16:17.200 IT IS MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION 16:17.200 --> 16:18.433 THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A 16:18.433 --> 16:19.267 MEANINGFUL EXERCISE. 16:19.267 --> 16:21.800 THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN GOOD 16:21.800 --> 16:23.067 FAITH AND TRANSPARENT FASHION. 16:23.067 --> 16:24.233 AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WILL 16:24.233 --> 16:25.633 HAVE NEW STANDARDS THAT WE CAN 16:25.633 --> 16:26.533 MOVE FORWARD WITH. 16:26.533 --> 16:27.633 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 16:27.633 --> 16:28.200 CAMPAIGN. 16:28.200 --> 16:29.700 A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN. 16:29.700 --> 16:31.100 ANTICIPATED TO BECOME EVEN MORE 16:31.100 --> 16:31.433 SO. 16:31.433 --> 16:32.967 WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST 16:32.967 --> 16:34.367 UPSETTING THINGS THAT YOU HAVE 16:34.367 --> 16:35.900 HEARD, AN ATTACK ON YOU THAT 16:35.900 --> 16:38.400 YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO, 16:38.400 --> 16:40.467 THE ONE MOST UPSETTING THING? 16:40.467 --> 16:42.733 >> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO 16:42.733 --> 16:44.667 REPEAT RIDICULOUS ATTACKS. 16:44.667 --> 16:45.833 CERTAINLY I AGREE WITH YOU THAT 16:45.833 --> 16:47.433 IT HAS BEEN A NEGATIVE 16:47.433 --> 16:48.067 CAMPAIGN. 16:48.067 --> 16:49.067 AND I KNOW THAT BETTER THAN 16:49.067 --> 16:49.600 ANYBODY. 16:49.600 --> 16:50.933 I WILL TELL YOU, SHAUNA, AS I 16:50.933 --> 16:52.900 SIT HERE, I HAVE NOT RUN A 16:52.900 --> 16:53.600 NEGATIVE AD. 16:53.600 --> 16:55.400 THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE NEGATIVE 16:55.400 --> 16:57.300 AD PAID FOR BY THE JOHN BEL 16:57.300 --> 16:58.400 EDWARDS CAMPAIGN. 16:58.400 --> 16:59.767 NOW, IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE ARE 16:59.767 --> 17:01.400 GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH 17:01.400 --> 17:02.800 THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND THAT 17:02.800 --> 17:04.167 WILL BE THE CASE THROUGHOUT. 17:04.167 --> 17:06.000 BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SIT THERE 17:06.000 --> 17:07.767 AND TAKE IT AND TAKE IT AND 17:07.767 --> 17:10.600 TAKE IT IF, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, 17:10.600 --> 17:11.900 THAT IS WHAT CONTINUES TO COME 17:11.900 --> 17:12.500 MY WAY. 17:12.500 --> 17:14.000 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE 17:14.000 --> 17:15.400 MOST CONTROVERSIAL ADS THAT IS 17:15.400 --> 17:17.000 OUT RIGHT NOW. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.867 AND IT IS AN AD BY YOUR 17:19.867 --> 17:22.000 CAMPAIGN OR ONE THAT IS FOR 17:22.000 --> 17:24.233 YOU, AND IT IS IN REFERENCE TO 17:24.233 --> 17:25.000 THE THUG AD. 17:25.000 --> 17:26.700 THE ONE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, 17:26.700 --> 17:28.633 IN WHICH IT SAYS THAT 17:28.633 --> 17:29.833 REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BEL EDWARDS 17:29.833 --> 17:32.100 WOULD RELEASE 5,500 PRISONERS 17:32.100 --> 17:34.167 IF HE BECOMES ELECTED GOVERNOR. 17:34.167 --> 17:36.733 YOU HEAR THE NARRATOR, YOU SEE 17:36.733 --> 17:38.767 A BLACK MAN AND THEN A WHITE 17:38.767 --> 17:42.000 MAN. 17:42.000 --> 17:45.467 NAACP OF NEW ORLEANS ASK THAT 17:45.467 --> 17:48.033 IT COMES DOWN. 17:48.033 --> 17:49.367 BASICALLY WHAT IT IS SAYING IS 17:49.367 --> 17:51.767 WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO BE AFRAID 17:51.767 --> 17:52.833 OF BLACK PEOPLE -- DO YOU 17:52.833 --> 17:54.067 THINK -- I JUST WANT TO KNOW 17:54.067 --> 17:55.833 WHAT YOUR OPINION IS. 17:55.833 --> 17:58.000 DO YOU SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH 17:58.000 --> 17:58.933 THAT AD? 17:58.933 --> 18:00.367 >> NO. 18:00.367 --> 18:01.533 NO. 18:01.533 --> 18:02.767 THERE IS NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT 18:02.767 --> 18:04.333 THE WORD THUG. 18:04.333 --> 18:05.400 THERE IS NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT 18:05.400 --> 18:07.033 THE IMAGES THAT WE USE. 18:07.033 --> 18:08.800 SO, WHAT AM I MISSING? 18:08.800 --> 18:11.033 >> I WILL LET DAVID VITTER 18:11.033 --> 18:12.200 DECIDE WHETHER HE WANTS TO TAKE 18:12.200 --> 18:12.933 IT DOWN. 18:12.933 --> 18:14.733 I WILL LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE 18:14.733 --> 18:15.933 FOR THEMSELVES WHAT MESSAGE HE 18:15.933 --> 18:17.800 IS TRYING TO DELIVER AND WHAT 18:17.800 --> 18:20.367 EMOTION HE IS TRYING TO INVOKE. 18:20.367 --> 18:23.100 I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S FALSE. 18:23.100 --> 18:25.200 AND I KNOW THAT HE IS ATTACKING 18:25.200 --> 18:27.133 ME ON SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS 18:27.133 --> 18:29.467 NO SUBSTANCE TO SUPPORT WHAT HE 18:29.467 --> 18:30.100 IS SAYING. 18:30.100 --> 18:32.367 AND I WILL LET THE PEOPLE 18:32.367 --> 18:33.733 DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER 18:33.733 --> 18:36.200 THEY SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO 18:36.200 --> 18:36.633 ACCOUNT. 18:36.633 --> 18:37.933 >> JOHN BEL EDWARDS GAVE A 18:37.933 --> 18:40.333 SPEECH AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. 18:40.333 --> 18:42.967 THE ENTIRE SPEECH IS ON TAPE, 18:42.967 --> 18:46.033 AND HE SAID HE'S GOING TO LET 18:46.033 --> 18:47.967 OUT 5,500 PRISONERS. 18:47.967 --> 18:50.100 >> I WAS THERE, DAVID VITTER 18:50.100 --> 18:50.667 WASN'T. 18:50.667 --> 18:52.200 I KNOW WHAT I SAID. 18:52.200 --> 18:53.700 THIS IS VERY NONCONTROVERSIAL. 18:53.700 --> 18:56.500 IF WE WANT TO BE NUMBER TWO IN 18:56.500 --> 18:57.933 THE NATION, IF WE WANT TO BE 18:57.933 --> 18:59.067 NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION THAT 18:59.067 --> 19:01.000 OVER TIME WE HAVE TO REDUCE OUR 19:01.000 --> 19:04.300 INMATE POPULATION BY 5,500 19:04.300 --> 19:04.767 INMATES. 19:04.767 --> 19:06.333 AND THEN WE WILL BE NUMBER TWO 19:06.333 --> 19:07.200 BEHIND MISSISSIPPI. 19:07.200 --> 19:08.700 I DO NOT HAVE A PLAN. 19:08.700 --> 19:10.367 I HAVE NEVER HAD A PLAN AND I 19:10.367 --> 19:12.100 HAVE NEVER SAID THAT I HAVE A 19:12.100 --> 19:15.100 PLAN TO REDUCE -- TO RELEASE 19:15.100 --> 19:17.633 5,500 INMATES ON TO THE STREETS 19:17.633 --> 19:18.533 OF LOUISIANA. 19:18.533 --> 19:19.933 THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. 19:19.933 --> 19:22.767 AND, IN FACT, DAVID VITTER 19:22.767 --> 19:24.467 HIMSELF AT A DEBATE SAID THAT 19:24.467 --> 19:28.067 WE HAVE TOO MANY NON-VIOLENT 19:28.067 --> 19:29.200 OFFENDERS LANGUISHING FOR TOO 19:29.200 --> 19:30.767 LONG IN OUR PRISONS, AND I 19:30.767 --> 19:31.633 THINK HE'S RIGHT. 19:31.633 --> 19:33.033 AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT 19:33.033 --> 19:34.200 I'VE BEEN SAYING AS WELL. 19:34.200 --> 19:36.067 >> WHAT ABOUT THE INCARCERATION 19:36.067 --> 19:36.533 RATE. 19:36.533 --> 19:37.467 IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE 19:37.467 --> 19:38.367 INTERESTED IN DEALING WITH? 19:38.367 --> 19:39.633 DO YOU SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM? 19:39.633 --> 19:40.967 >> YEAH, I SEE THE CRIME RATE 19:40.967 --> 19:41.667 AS A PROBLEM. 19:41.667 --> 19:42.967 WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST 19:42.967 --> 19:44.167 CRIME RATES IN THE COUNTRY. 19:44.167 --> 19:45.733 AND I DON'T THINK WE 19:45.733 --> 19:48.100 EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH 19:48.100 --> 19:48.600 CRIMINALS. 19:48.600 --> 19:50.733 BOTH HARDENED CRIMINALS AND 19:50.733 --> 19:52.233 THOSE WHO ARE NONVIOLENT. 19:52.233 --> 19:53.767 I DON'T THINK WE EFFECTIVELY 19:53.767 --> 19:54.867 DEAL WITH THEM AT ALL. 19:54.867 --> 19:57.600 I'M NOT GOING TO PICK AN 19:57.600 --> 19:58.867 ARBITRARY NUMBER LIKE JOHN BEL 19:58.867 --> 19:59.900 EDWARDS DID AND I'M NOT GOING 19:59.900 --> 20:03.167 TO RELEASE 5,500 CRIMINALS FROM 20:03.167 --> 20:04.467 LOUISIANA PRISONS LIKE HE SAID 20:04.467 --> 20:06.700 HE WOULD BECAUSE I THINK THAT 20:06.700 --> 20:08.033 WOULD ENDANGER LOUISIANA 20:08.033 --> 20:08.533 CITIZENS. 20:08.533 --> 20:10.433 >> HE SAYS THAT IS AN ARBITRARY 20:10.433 --> 20:11.033 NUMBER. 20:11.033 --> 20:12.367 WHERE DID YOU GET THAT NUMBER? 20:12.367 --> 20:14.433 >> FROM THE SECRETARY 20:14.433 --> 20:15.300 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO 20:15.300 --> 20:16.267 KNOWS MORE ABOUT HOW MANY 20:16.267 --> 20:17.900 INMATES WE HAVE IN LOUISIANA 20:17.900 --> 20:19.567 THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE. 20:19.567 --> 20:21.067 ABSOLUTELY NOT ARBITRARY. 20:21.067 --> 20:22.733 >> THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 20:22.733 --> 20:24.967 NEGATIVE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN 20:24.967 --> 20:26.167 SAID ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. 20:26.167 --> 20:28.367 YOU DID ADMIT TO A SERIOUS SIN 20:28.367 --> 20:29.367 SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 20:29.367 --> 20:33.533 A LOT OF THINGS HAVE COME 20:33.533 --> 20:35.433 OUT -- A LOT OF NEGATIVE THINGS 20:35.433 --> 20:37.000 HAVE COME OUT HERE IN RECENT 20:37.000 --> 20:37.467 WEEKS. 20:37.467 --> 20:41.400 WHEN YOU ARE A PUBLIC SERVANT 20:41.400 --> 20:42.767 YOU'RE UNDER SCRUTINY, 20:42.767 --> 20:44.500 PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND PERSONAL 20:44.500 --> 20:46.433 LIFE IS UNDER SCRUTINY, LIKE IT 20:46.433 --> 20:47.000 OR NOT. 20:47.000 --> 20:48.367 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE 20:48.367 --> 20:49.500 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR 20:49.500 --> 20:50.733 PERSONAL LIFE AND THINGS THAT 20:50.733 --> 20:51.300 HAVE COME OUT? 20:51.300 --> 20:52.033 >> SURE. 20:52.033 --> 20:54.433 AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY MY 20:54.433 --> 20:57.600 POLITICAL ENEMIES ARE USING 20:57.600 --> 20:58.300 THAT TACT. 20:58.300 --> 20:59.700 TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS, TWO 20:59.700 --> 21:00.833 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. 21:00.833 --> 21:02.633 I TALKED TO VOTERS ALL AROUND 21:02.633 --> 21:04.400 THE STATE ALL OF THE TIME. 21:04.400 --> 21:06.700 AND I SAID YEARS AGO THAT I DID 21:06.700 --> 21:09.000 COMMIT A SERIOUS SIN IN MY 21:09.000 --> 21:11.167 MARRIAGE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. 21:11.167 --> 21:13.800 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I FIXED 21:13.800 --> 21:14.800 THAT PROBLEM. 21:14.800 --> 21:17.967 I ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AND 21:17.967 --> 21:20.100 REDEMPTION, AND RECEIVED IT AND 21:20.100 --> 21:21.433 I THANK GOD FOR THAT AND MY 21:21.433 --> 21:23.900 FAMILY AND WENDY FOR THAT EVERY 21:23.900 --> 21:24.333 DAY. 21:24.333 --> 21:25.433 >> DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE THE 21:25.433 --> 21:26.300 RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 21:26.300 --> 21:28.167 PERSONAL LIVES OF POLITICIANS? 21:28.167 --> 21:30.433 >> DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO 21:30.433 --> 21:30.867 KNOW? 21:30.867 --> 21:32.333 WHEN THERE IS INTERSECTIONS 21:32.333 --> 21:33.600 BETWEEN THE PERSONAL LIFE AND 21:33.600 --> 21:36.000 THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.033 I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF AS A 21:38.033 --> 21:40.633 PUBLIC FIGURE YOU MAKE CERTAIN 21:40.633 --> 21:42.633 STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PERSONAL 21:42.633 --> 21:46.933 LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEN 21:46.933 --> 21:48.867 YOU'RE HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT YOUR 21:48.867 --> 21:49.967 OWN PERSONAL LIFE AND WHETHER 21:49.967 --> 21:51.200 IT REFLECTS ON YOUR ABILITY TO 21:51.200 --> 21:52.933 BE A PUBLIC SERVANT, THEN I 21:52.933 --> 21:54.233 THINK THAT IS LEGITIMATE 21:54.233 --> 21:55.700 DISCOURSE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA. 21:55.700 --> 21:56.433 YES, I DO. 21:56.433 --> 21:57.967 >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO GET 21:57.967 --> 21:59.733 VOTERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE IN 21:59.733 --> 22:01.200 THIS RUNOFF ELECTION? 22:01.200 --> 22:02.800 >> GO OUT AND EARLY VOTE. 22:02.800 --> 22:04.233 GO AHEAD AND DO IT. 22:04.233 --> 22:06.733 THIS WHOLE ELECTION IS ABOUT 22:06.733 --> 22:07.800 PUTTING LOUISIANA FIRST. 22:07.800 --> 22:10.000 AND THAT'S NOT JUST MY CAMPAIGN 22:10.000 --> 22:10.500 SLOGAN. 22:10.500 --> 22:12.300 IT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS 22:12.300 --> 22:13.400 OUR NEXT GOVERNOR AND IT MEANS 22:13.400 --> 22:15.267 THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 22:15.267 --> 22:16.600 STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IS GOING 22:16.600 --> 22:17.800 TO LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT WE 22:17.800 --> 22:18.267 GOVERN. 22:18.267 --> 22:19.900 IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO 22:19.900 --> 22:20.367 LISTEN. 22:20.367 --> 22:21.633 WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO TALK. 22:21.633 --> 22:23.067 IT MEANS THAT I'M GOING TO BE 22:23.067 --> 22:24.267 ACCESSIBLE NOT JUST TO THE 22:24.267 --> 22:25.633 MEDIA, BUT TO THE PEOPLE. 22:25.633 --> 22:28.400 WE WILL TACKLE OUR TOUGHEST 22:28.400 --> 22:30.500 CHALLENGES FIRST BECAUSE ONLY 22:30.500 --> 22:31.533 WHEN WE DO THAT WILL WE BE ABLE 22:31.533 --> 22:33.400 TO INVEST AS WE NEED TO IN OUR 22:33.400 --> 22:34.600 CRITICAL PRIORITIES TO MOVE OUR 22:34.600 --> 22:35.333 STATE FORWARD. 22:35.333 --> 22:37.200 THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS 22:37.200 --> 22:38.000 OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. 22:38.000 --> 22:39.433 I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED. 22:39.433 --> 22:40.733 >> THE MAIN THING I WOULD SAY 22:40.733 --> 22:42.367 IS THAT THERE IS A LOT RIDING 22:42.367 --> 22:43.600 ON THIS ELECTION. 22:43.600 --> 22:45.100 OUR FUTURE. 22:45.100 --> 22:46.733 AND, SO, THIS ISN'T A TIME TO 22:46.733 --> 22:48.400 PASS, TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 22:48.400 --> 22:49.733 TO GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME 22:49.733 --> 22:50.533 INSTEAD OF VOTE. 22:50.533 --> 22:51.600 YOU CAN EARLY VOTE. 22:51.600 --> 22:53.533 BUT THERE IS A LOT RIDING ON 22:53.533 --> 22:54.433 THIS ELECTION. 22:54.433 --> 22:56.567 AND FUNDAMENTALLY IT IS A 22:56.567 --> 22:58.667 CHOICE, AS ALL ELECTIONS ARE, 22:58.667 --> 23:00.300 BETWEEN A LOUISIANA 23:00.300 --> 23:02.100 CONSERVATIVE AND A PRO-OBAMA 23:02.100 --> 23:02.667 LIBERAL. 23:02.667 --> 23:04.500 AND THAT IS PROVED OUT IN ISSUE 23:04.500 --> 23:06.100 AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. 23:06.100 --> 23:08.400 WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED 23:08.400 --> 23:09.967 CHANGE IN LOUISIANA. 23:09.967 --> 23:11.933 WE ALL AGREE THAT BATON ROUGE 23:11.933 --> 23:13.900 HAS PUT US IN A DITCH. 23:13.900 --> 23:16.167 THE QUESTION IS, WHO'S 23:16.167 --> 23:18.000 LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO GET US 23:18.000 --> 23:20.367 OUT OF THE DITCH HEADED IN THE 23:20.367 --> 23:21.267 RIGHT DIRECTION? 23:21.267 --> 23:22.133 BECAUSE WE CAN HEAD IN THE 23:22.133 --> 23:23.100 WRONG DIRECTION, TOO. 23:23.100 --> 23:24.667 I THINK THAT WOULD BE 23:24.667 --> 23:25.767 DISASTROUS FOR LOUISIANA. 23:25.767 --> 23:27.900 >> MANY THANKS TO BOTH JOHN BEL 23:27.900 --> 23:29.067 EDWARDS AND DAVID VITTER FOR 23:29.067 --> 23:30.033 TAKING TIME TO TALK WITH US. 23:30.033 --> 23:31.733 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS 23:31.733 --> 23:34.500 INTERVIEW AGAIN, VISIT 23:34.500 --> 23:35.400 lpb.org/SWI. 23:35.400 --> 23:38.000 AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEE THE 23:38.000 --> 23:39.033 CANDIDATES LIVE STATEWIDE IN 23:39.033 --> 23:41.033 THE LPB GOVERNOR'S RUNOFF 23:41.033 --> 23:42.833 DEBATE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 23:42.833 --> 23:43.733 AT 7:00 P.M. 23:43.733 --> 23:45.567 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 23:45.567 --> 23:47.333 AND FOR EVERYONE HERE AT LPB, 23:47.333 --> 23:49.533 UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE 23:49.533 --> 23:53.667 STATE WE'RE IN. 23:53.667 --> 23:55.667 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM 23:55.667 --> 23:57.033 YOU, WRITE "LOUISIANA: THE 23:57.033 --> 23:59.067 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