But during the taping Friday of the only televised debate of the contest, two of Jefferson's most formidable challengers -- state Rep. Cedric Richmond and former TV news anchor Helena Moreno -- spent more time trying to discredit each other on those same issues than the nine-term incumbent.
The nasty confrontation ended with Moreno, stung by what she called Richmond's outrageous "suggestion" that she uses drugs, marching out of WDSU-TV's downtown New Orleans' studios and into a nearby clinic, where she voluntarily submitted to a drug test.
She quickly delivered the results -- a clean reading -- to The Times-Picayune.
Let me make one very astute remark about this Congressional race:
All of the candidates are unbelievably crappy.
But at least the T-P's Donze and Krupa are on the ball enough to indicate the winner of this particular debate:
Jefferson didn't attend
The primary is October 4, but the magic is in the air now.
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