A grind for the new guy...

Okay, admittedly, Jason DeCuir is by no means a political outsider, his family has been in politics in Baton Rouge for decades.

For many folks, and maybe even those in the Yuppie Left, we'd like to believe that DeCuir was the breath of fresh air that the district was looking for, and so, it's with some frustration that I note that Yvonne Dorsey, who spent less than 2 weeks campaigning after the Fields' step-out, managed to best DeCuir, who had a campaign hitting on eight cylinders back during Earth Day.

Dorsey, a veteran lawmaker, led political newcomer DeCuir with 11,398 votes, or 48 percent, compared with DeCuir’s 9,915 votes, or 42 percent, according to complete but unofficial returns.

And by over a thousand votes, no less.