Landrieu Challenger Picks Up Steam

GOP efforts to regain control of the Senate “improved this week
amid signs the party’s preferred candidate in Louisiana, Rep. Bill
Cassidy (R-LA), is beginning to shore up support and establish himself
as the clear alternative to Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA),” The Hill reports.

“Cassidy raised a hefty $1.1 million in the second quarter of
2013 — an impressive tally that observers say should quiet early
grousing that the congressman isn’t the best Republican for the
admittedly formidable challenge of unseating Landrieu.”