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Or, if your workplace is a bit prudish, meet her here . Ms. Daniels is a self-made businesswoman, has a hugely successful career in film, and has won awards as a director and screenwriter. She may or may not be running for Senate from Louisiana next year — she's currently on a "listening tour" of the state — but there's certainly a concerted group of believers encouraging her to do so.

Oh, and she's a porn star.

That fact is, predictably, dominating news stories about her potential run for office. The equally predictable sideshow to these stories is the story of current senator David Vitter, who would be her opponent. In brief, he's one of the strictest "values" conservatives in Congress, but in 2007 he was identified as a frequent client of a New Orleans escort service — one with a reported penchant for wearing adult diapers during the act. Pure tabloid sensationalism. Or is it?

We are, as a nation, forgiving of our politicians' pragmatism. Sure, ideology makes for a great stump speech, but in reality we recognize that politics is business and business requires flexibility. But only to a point. And a man who decries sexual freedom (straight and gay alike) while simultaneously hiring prostitutes — well that goes far beyond that point. That's because, when properly applied, pragmatism serves the diverse needs of the public, while private flaunting of declared values is simply hypocritical. But Vitter reversed those equations, spinning his hypocrisy as a moral failure-and-redemption story (family values work!) while pragmatically distancing himself from the madam who kept his urges satisfied (whores don't vote Republican). That madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, killed herself rather than go to prison. Vitter got a standing O. There's justice for ya.

Simply put, David Vitter is one of the biggest pricks in government. And we wholeheartedly support the candidacy of someone who knows big pricks — and what to do with them. She might even win.

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