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Vitter Outlasts His Scandal

March 25, 2013 at 10:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) “is suddenly in high demand. His banishment is over, his rehabilitation almost complete,” the Washington Post reports.

“Several years after acknowledging his ‘very serious sin,’ he has successfully adopted a higher profile in the divided U. S. Senate… Now Vitter’s name is atop most lists of possible GOP gubernatorial nominees for Louisiana in 2015 when Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) reaches his term limit.”

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