Tough Times For Potential Vitter Primary Opponent

By Greg Giroux | July 30, 2009 10:41 AM | | Comments (0)

You might see car fires and domestic violence in a mob movie. But as a sideshow to a potential U.S. Senate race?

As Louisiana media reported this week, porn actress Stormy Daniels, who's weighing a primary challenge to Republican Sen. David Vitter, has had a rather stormy time lately.

Daniels, whose bid presently is in an "exploratory" phase, was arrested last weekend on charges that she hit her husband at their residence in Tampa, Florida. And some 500 miles away in New Orleans -- the state in which Daniels would have to establish residency to run -- her political adviser Brian Welsh's car caught fire.

(Welsh even posted some video, taken from a surveillance camera). A Twitter update from the campaign says that the car was "tampered with" and "blown up."

Pretty bizarre stuff, even for a state with as colorful politics as Louisiana.

Daniels hasn't filed any paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, and the 2010 primary elections in Louisiana aren't for another 13 months. Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon is likely to run.

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