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To: jlallen who wrote (322940)	11/24/2002 4:31:05 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Chick fight. Bad blood in Louisiana. Candidate debate has unfriendly end 11/24/02 By Bill Walsh Staff writer/The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE -- An already-bitter U.S. Senate campaign got personal Saturday afternoon at the conclusion of a taped debate between Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican state Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell. After a tense 30-minute segment finished taping at WDSU's studios in New Orleans, the two candidates were preparing to leave. According to witnesses, Landrieu looked over her shoulder and told Terrell, "This is your last campaign." A stunned Terrell replied, "She threatened me." No other words passed between the two New Orleans women, but moderator Alec Gifford said Landrieu appeared peeved. "She just kind of stalked out of the studio," Gifford said. A Landrieu spokesman, Rich Masters, said the comment wasn't a threat, but a prediction that after running such a negative campaign, Terrell would no longer be viable as a candidate in Louisiana. A Terrell spokesman said Terrell was shocked at what happened and saw it as a sign of Landrieu's desperation. The bad blood has been a long time coming. During the primary, the National Republican Senatorial Committee financed a bare-knuckled campaign against Landrieu, claiming she had turned her back on Louisiana. In the runoff, Landrieu has begun to strike back. In a new television ad, she says Terrell favors tax relief only for the wealthy. Gifford said the two barely looked at each other during the debate and that although the candidates shook hands, "It was very perfunctory." The debate will air today at 10 a.m. and Thanksgiving Day at 4:30 p.m. 11/24/02