Nothing has changed. Louisiana voters are as uneducated as ever if they think Obama is relevant as to the competency of Landrieu versus Cassidy.
But yet Obama does things like appoint an oil lobbyist to head up climate change, a cable company lobbyist to head up net neutrality, and a crooked cop to head up a police brutality initiative. I've heard next he will appoint Sylvester to guard Tweety Bird, Al Sharpton to head up the anti racism initiative, and Chris Christie will join up with John Goodman to spearhead the "eat healthy" initiative.