Da Paper's James Gill seems a bit confused in his support for @AnhJosephCao

Times-Picayune op-ed columnist James Gill invested his entire column today on Dem nominee for Congress (LA-02) Cedric Richmond's past campaign problems, in an attempt to paint him as a man less moral than Anh "Joseph" Cao, LA-02's Republican incumbent. Says Gill:

Cao may be no pushover, however. Some of his votes -- against health insurance reform and President Barack Obama's economic prodigalities, for instance -- have not endeared him to his constituents on the left. But perhaps Congress would be held in higher esteem if more of its members refused to sacrifice principle for expediency.

"refused to sacrifice principle for expediency?" You mean like how Mr. Cao initially supported President Obama's health insurance reform, then voted against it? From Mr. Gill's paper:

New Orleans Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, who was the only Republican in either house of Congress to vote for the overhaul in November, joined the rest of his party in opposition, citing concerns that it would lead to federal funding of abortion.

So, Cao good, Richmond, bad. And those who support Richmond are bad as well:

It does sometimes happen that upstanding characters find themselves duking it out in a saloon, but upstanding characters, attorneys or not, never put their names to false declarations. That Richmond has done so did not faze any of the Democratic Party's leading lights. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and DA Leon Cannizzarro are among a slew of officials vouching for him.

Gill notes that Richmond's behavior doesn't faze the siblings Landrieu, yet he doesn't think it's important to mention that David Vitter's well-document criminal behavior doesn't faze Mr. Cao. Does this mean Cao supports prostitution and Vitter's immoral lifestyle? Does he back the lies Vitter has told to the voters of Louisiana, his wife, and his children?

There's a lot of crossover between the Vitter and Cao campaigns. Both enjoy the support of the LA GOP. Does Cao embody the principles Gill believes should represent us in Washington when he uses the staff of a man like Vitter?  You know, guys who drive drunk and assaults women at knife point?

I eagerly look forward to Mr. Gill's column detailing Cao's associations with less-than-savory characters.  Barring that, his public declaration of affiliation with the Republican Party.