Not good, Perry

WWLTV:

The Labor Day picnic for the AFL-CIO often signals the start to the political season.

“Summer's over, kids are back in school, people are starting to look at both football and politics in this country and Louisiana,” said longtime political consultant Ron Nabonne.

But Nabonne said this has been a strange and slow start to next February's mayoral race.

Only two announced mayoral candidates tried to line up early votes at City Park on Monday: State Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, and state Sen. Ed Murray, D-New Orleans.

Wait. I thought the third "announced candidate" in this race was a young "Progressive" with an interest in social justice and change and all that stuff. At least that's what a bunch of people keep posting on his Facebook page anyway. One would think a guy like that would pretty much own the AFL-CIO Labor Day event. Where was Master Perry, then?

Attorney James Perry has already announced he is running, but told Eyewitness News he wouldn't be campaigning Monday, instead spending the day with his family.

Dude, seriously, even John Georges was there and he's not even in the race yet. Perry, it seems, is still trying to run an entire mayoral campaign from inside the Tweeter Tube. Why is that? Is he grounded? Does he have Swine Flu? Even in the age of the internets, a successful candidate for office will have mastered the mysterious political arts of going outside and talking to people. If he's not going to come out now, he surely can't expect anyone to come out for him on election day.