Louisiana will choose a United States senator about a year from now, and here’s the current state of play: Democrats can’t find a candidate. And Republicans can’t seem to agree on one.

Let’s take those one by one.

Last month, Democrats got entirely expected bad news from former Gov. John Bel Edwards when he said he would not run.

Not so long ago, Edwards would have been a central casting candidate regardless of his party, as someone who has won the highest statewide office twice and who left with plenty of goodwill.

But even he admits that’s not enough to overcome what has become one of the most immovable obstacles in politics these days: the fact that so many voters treat congressional elections as national referenda on the parties — or more specifically, on President Donald Trump.

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