Members of Governor Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign are looking to change the current debate criteria so Jindal will be included in the next Republican presidential debate on October 28th. The campaign argues that basing criteria on national polls is meaningless at this point in the race. Senior strategist Curt Anderson says national polls are predictive of nothing since there is no national primary…

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Current Republican National Committee/CNBC criteria requires a candidate average at least 2.5-percent in six different national polls to make a debate.

Louisiana ranks number 47th in the country for financial wellbeing according to a report by Gallup-Healthways. Tulane Business Professor Mark Rosa says he didn’t expect the Bayou State to rank among the least financially secure states but there are reasons why we’re ranked so low…

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Louisiana also comes in at number 48 for residents having enough money for food.

Republican David Vitter’s latest TV commercial for governor features his wife Wendy, who says her husband has the courage and vision needed to turn around Louisiana. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says this is a significant moment in the campaign, because of Vitter’s past scandal involving prostitution…

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In the ad, Wendy Vitter also talked about how her husband was the one who authored a bill that led to term limits in the state legislature.