GOOD THING you've got a white car," David Duke said as he climbed into rented Pontiac. He would be riding with me from Oak Grove to Monroe, where he would speak at a barbecue. It was a baking hot Sunday afternoon in northern Louisiana, and he was referring to the heat-reflecting properties of white paint, but there was a certain unavoidable symbolism to his remark. Duke, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate seat held by Bennett Johnston, was narrowly elected as a Republican to the Louisiana House of Representatives last year, despite charges of race-baiting and a background ...

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