Um, Roger...? (UPDATED)

Note: If you arrived here via the "case in point" link in the comments at The Hayride, first read the second UPDATE below.

Sammy Kershaw has endorsed Jay Dardenne for Lt. Governor. Kevin Davis has endorsed Jay Dardenne for Lt. Governor.

But what of the other losing Republican in the race? Roger Villere has been verrrry silent of late, as have his paid mouthpieces, Pat Bergeron and Chris Comeaux. So far, your humble blogger has heard nothing of a Villere endorsement (and yes, we googled... -ed.)

Should Dardenne be worried Villere - the Chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party - has apparently not backed the Republican front runner? Or, since Villere came in sixth ( yes, sixth) should Dardenne even care?

Another wrinkle here is Villere wrapped himself in the Gadsden Flag and was the official "Tea Party" candidate. He was endorsed by the Tea Party of Louisiana - who taped a number of annoying robocalls for him - and even by Tea Party heroine Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann. Yet Villere got just 44,000 votes statewide (7% of the vote). That's fringe candidate (think Ron Paul) territory.

Either the Tea Parties in Louisiana are unable to energize and turn out their members, or they're a lot more bark than bite. Whichever it is, we now have the measure of a state-wide Tea Party endorsement in here Louisiana, and unlike in other states it doesn't seem to count for much when it comes to delivering votes.

UPDATE: I'm told that Villere did issue a statement calling for Republicans to come together and support Republican candidates. If he did (I do not doubt he did, and this supports it) - it is currently not apparent on the LAGOP website or the Villere campaign website (yes, we checked - ed.). Such a generic statement is fine and dandy for the Chairman of the LAGOP, but is that all he is going to say as a losing candidate??

UPDATE 10OCT2010: Geez Louise. This post is now being cited over at The Hayride as a "case in point" in a schoolgirl-level tiff between feuding Tea Parties. I've got a teenage daughter at home, and there is less drama with her than with these Tea Party leaders. So, boys and girls, listen to me good: "GROW THE FUCK UP!" 2 November is less than a month away, and y'all are fighting about names and who did what to whom! (While others are busy waving flags and holding rummage sales.) No wonder the Tea Party seal of approval is worth single digits at the polls in Louisiana. And for what it's worth Rob, my point is not that one Tea Party group claims to speak for all, but that a Tea Party endorsement in a state-wide race doesn't necessarily translate into votes - and the endorsing Tea Parties must admit that and own that failure. That is not due to deception or whatever you call it, it is due to you people utterly missing the goal of why the Tea Party movement started in the first place. To quote the good Mr. Byrne: This ain't no party; this ain't no disco; this ain't no fooling around.

UPDATE 11OCT2010: It's true - real life will always end up imitating Monty Python.