GOP pulling ads from Louisiana

Senate Republicans are pulling advertising from the Louisiana Senate race, the only contest in which they were on the offense. 

{mosads}The decision, reported by local media, is a blow to the GOP candidate, Louisiana state Treasurer John Kennedy, and good news for Sen. Mary Landrieu, long seen as the lone vulnerable Democratic senator in this cycle. Landrieu won election in 2002 with just 52 percent of the vote, and some believe the state has turned more Republican since Hurricane Katrina, which shrank the size of New Orleans.

Still, Landrieu has been comfortably ahead in recent polls. She led by 13 points in a September 27 Rasmussen poll of 500 likely voters.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is pulling the ads from Louisiana, may want to inject more money into seats once seen as safe, including Kentucky, where Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell appears to face a difficult challenge. Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) also appears vulnerable, and recent polls show Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) could be in trouble in Georgia.