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===A columnist's dream: colorful politicians, Louisiana style===
===A columnist's dream: colorful politicians, Louisiana style===
LaBorde witnessed the state's transformation of rivalry betwee[[Huey Long|Longism]] and anti-Longism. Beginning in the 1960s, and the slow rise of serious [[Republican Party|Republican]] competition to the traditional [[Democratic Party]] majority. He saw the "good government" types battle the "old guard," and sometimes found little difference between the antagonists. He did not endorse candidates for office on the editorial page. (The newspaper has since abandoned this policy of neutrality.) He wrote extensively on leading figures of the region, state and nation.
LaBorde witnessed the state's transformation of rivalry betwee[[Huey Long|Longism]] and anti-Longism. Beginning in the 1960s, and the slow rise of serious [[Republican Party|Republican]] competition to the traditional [[Democratic Party]] majority. He saw the "good government" types battle the "old guard," and sometimes found little difference between the antagonists. He did not endorse candidates for office on the editorial page. (The newspaper has since abandoned this policy of neutrality.) He wrote extensively on leading figures of the region, state and nation.
His subjects included [[Governor]]s [[Jimmie Davis]], [[Sam Houston Jones]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], along with [[Bill Dodd]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], [[Russell Long]], high-profile [[attorney]] Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. (1915-2005), [[Charlton Lyons]], [[John K. Snyder]], and many others, including his perhaps most demanding subject, four-term Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=bio/>
His subjects included [[Governor]]s [[Jimmie Davis]], [[Sam Houston Jones]], [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long]], [[John J. McKeithen]], [[David C. Treen]], [[Buddy Roemer]], along with [[Bill Dodd]], [[Allen J. Ellender]], [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], [[Russell Long]], high-profile [[attorney]] Camille Francis Gravel, Sr. (1915-2005), [[Charlton Lyons]], [[John K. Snyder]], and many others, including his perhaps most demanding subject, four-term Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref name=bio/>