Porn Star Eyes Move on Vitter's Senate Seat

(NEWSER) - Louisiana GOP Senator David Vitter will meet a substantial opponent in his 2010 bid for re-election: porn star Stormy Daniels, CNN reports. A grass-roots “Draft Stormy” campaign, unaffiliated with the state’s Democratic Party, has encouraged the buxom blond to run on a platform of the economy, women’s issues, and child safety. The push is shining the light back on Vitter’s 2007 prostitution scandal. More»

Stormy Daniels says she just can't afford it

(AP) - Louisiana-born porn star Stormy Daniels won't be running for the US Senate after all. In an e-mailed statement , Daniels said she simply can't afford to challenge David Vitter. She also compared herself to Sarah Palin, complaining that the media never took her interest in the race seriously. "Simply because I did not fit in their mold of what an independent working woman should be, the media and political elite have sought to relegate my sense of civic responsibility to mere sideshow antics." More»

RNC event at bondage club 'finally tipped the scales'

(NEWSER) - In addition to apparently helping raise money , the Republican National Committee’s sex-club scandal has won the party a high-profile convert: porn star Stormy Daniels. The gathering “at Voyeur, an LA-based, lesbian-bondage-themed nightclub, finally tipped the scales,” said Daniels, who is mulling a challenge to the Louisiana US Senate seat held by David Vitter but hadn’t declared a party affiliation. More»

Hostility toward prez helps La. overlook hooker scandal

(NEWSER) - You might think an acknowledged client of a Washington prostitute would have a tough time being reelected to the US Senate. But you’d be wrong, the New York Times reports. David Vitter of Louisiana appears to be a strong favorite in his 2010 bid, and he owes it all to one man. “Along comes Obama,” says one local analyst, “and it changes everything.” More»

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

(NEWSER) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week. More»