Okay well check back next week

Tyler Bridges writes this in a pretty definitive tone so maybe it really is set in stone this time.  But, you know, Mitch has a habit of jumping into things at the last minute so maybe let's check back during qualifying just to be sure.

Mitch Landrieu, who served two terms as mayor of New Orleans, was elected statewide twice as lieutenant governor and has a national following after taking the lead in removing four Jim Crow-era monuments in New Orleans, long before the death of George Floyd led to a rethinking about racial injustice in the United States. Landrieu also had a personal reason to run – he could have avenged his sister’s defeat in 2014.

But Landrieu is staying out, even though national Democrats tried to coax him in, said a person close to the former mayor.

Landrieu did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did his chief political adviser in Louisiana, Ryan Berni.

Also there was something of a buzz going around last week that KCP might be looking into a run at this after she stepped down as state party chair. But that might have just been light speculation.

Anyway, one would think that, despite the seemingly long odds, the Democrats would want to fight for every available Senate seat this year.  But, well, you know..