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November 3, 2010 Vitter vows to support 'Obamacare' repeal Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A 19-percentage point victory for Republican Sen. David Vitter may put to rest the scandal Democrats had hoped they could use to unseat him his admission to a "serious sin" after phone records linked him to Washington's "D.C. Madam" prostitution case in 2007. "It seems like voters have been very forgiving and they're ready to move on. And it looks like he's going to move on as well," said Edward Chervenak, political science professor at the University of New Orleans. Vitter won his second six-year term on Tuesday by an even higher margin than had been indicated by polls his camp had pointed to throughout the campaign, validating his strategy of avoiding questions about the prostitution case while linking Democratic Rep. Charlie Melancon to unpopular policies of President Barack Obama. "I'm among those who said at the time he's gong to have to respond in more detail," political consultant Elliot Stonecipher of Shreveport said. "He was right. I certainly was wrong. A lot of people were." Vitter was pinned down for persistent questioning on the prostitution case only once, during a statewide televised debate on Oct. 28. Asked what his "serious sin" was, he said it's behind him and that his family has forgiven him. Pressed repeatedly on whether he broke the law, he steadfastly refused to say during the debate or as reporters followed him out of the studio. "He was able to manage the media and keep them at arm's length and also manage the message," Chervenak said. While carefully managing his response, Vitter also listened to his base, Stonecipher said. "His base is representative of the group more broadly who complain about elected officials not listening to them," Stonecipher said. "He got their memo. He listened and he responds." Vitter's themes were repeated at his victory party Tuesday night. "I'll keep demanding that we come together and get this spiraling spending and debt under control so our kids have a future," Vitter said. He also called for "outright repeal of 'Obamacare,'" the health care overhaul bill the Democrats passed this year. Melancon, too, sounded the same themes he had repeated during stump speeches around the state, evoking the names of former Louisiana Democratic Sens. Russell Long, Bennett Johnson and John Breaux, and current senior senator Mary Landrieu, holding them up as bipartisan moderates. "I wanted the same tradition for this state," Melancon said. He said Vitter's apparent lawbreaking usually precludes serving in many public jobs. Melancon's message never caught on in a state where Obama remained unpopular after losing to John McCain in 2008. Vitter, meanwhile, attacked him for voting for the 2009 Obama-backed economic stimulus package. Melancon defended it as a measure that staved off economic disaster and noted that it contained tax cuts. Vitter labeled it a failure that only added to huge government debt. Vitter also blasted Melancon on health care; Melancon voted against the Democrats' health care overhaul this year but refused to back full repeal because it contained some popular elements. Tuesday's elections did nothing to change the balance of party power in the Louisiana congressional delegation. Although Democrats regained the New Orleans-based 2nd Congressional District seat when state Rep. Cedric Richmond defeated Republican Joseph Cao, Melancon's old 3rd District seat was won by Republican Jeff Landry..

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