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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: Indian American Becomes Louisiana's Gov |
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GOP Congressman Bobby Jindal Wins Louisiana Governor's Race
BATON ROUGE, La. — U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, becoming the nation's youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state's post since Reconstruction.
Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, carried more than half the vote against 11 opponents. With about 92 percent of the vote in, Jindal had 53 percent with 625,036 votes — more than enough to win outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.
"Let's give our homeland, the great state of Louisiana, a fresh start," Jindal said to cheers and applause from a crowd that began chanting his name at his victory party.
His nearest competitors: Democrat Walter Boasso with 208,690 votes or 18 percent; Independent John Georges had 1167,477 votes or 14 percent; Democrat Foster Campbell had 151,101 or 13 percent. Eight candidates divided the rest.
"I'm asking all of our supporters to get behind our new governor," Georges said in a concession speech.
The Oxford-educated Jindal had lost the governor's race four years ago to Gov. Kathleen Blanco. He won a congressional seat in conservative suburban New Orleans a year later but was widely believed to have his eye on the governor's mansion.
Blanco opted not to run for re-election after she was widely blamed for the state's slow response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
When he takes office in January, Jindal will become the nation's youngest governor in office. He pledged to fight corruption and rid the state of those "feeding at the public trough," revisiting a campaign theme.
"They can either go quietly or they can go loudly, but either way, they will go," he said, adding that he would call the Legislature into special session to address ethics reform.
Political analysts said Jindal built up support as a sort of "buyer's remorse" from people who voted for Blanco last time and had second thoughts about that decision. Blanco was widely criticized for the state's response to Hurricane Katrina and she announced months ago that she would not seek re-election.
"I think the Jindal camp, almost explicitly, (wanted) to cast it this way: If you were able to revote, who would you vote for?" said Pearson Cross, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette political scientist.
Jindal has held a strong lead in the polls since the field of candidates became settled nearly two months ago.
But the two multimillionaires in the race — Boasso, a state senator from St. Bernard Parish, and Georges, a New Orleans-area businessman — poured millions of their own dollars into their campaigns to try to prevent Jindal's victory.
Campbell, a public service commissioner from Bossier Parish, had less money but ran on a singular plan: scrapping the state income tax on businesses and individuals and levying a new tax on oil and gas processed in Louisiana.
The race was one of the highest-spending in Louisiana history. Jindal alone raised $11 million, and Georges poured about $10 million of his personal wealth into his campaign war chest while Boasso plugged in nearly $5 million of his own cash.
A victory Saturday would be a rare trip to statewide office for a minority in the South — in a state that 16 years ago famously saw a former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, in a runoff for governor. Duke lost that race.
The victory marks a rare trip to statewide office for a minority in the South — in a state that 16 years ago famously saw a former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, in a runoff for governor. Duke lost that race.
Some black political leaders complained Saturday of problems at polls in New Orleans, where many people have moved around since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
State Elections Commissioner Angie LaPlace said she had expected many complaints because a check of voters' addresses found that a "ton" had moved, and those whose mail is forwarded must vote in the precinct where they now get mail.
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Arrgh! Not him!
While it's great than an Indian-American won, I am not a fan of his or his politics. I don't like the direction he'll take the state, but from I stand, it can't get much worse. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| agentX wrote: |
Arrgh! Not him!
While it's great than an Indian-American won, I am not a fan of his or his politics. I don't like the direction he'll take the state, but from I stand, it can't get much worse. |
Yes apparently he's in favor of preparing for and reacting to natural disasters, little things like following the plan.
Against his politics like routing out corruption.
There's a certain mayor waiting for the investigation.
There's a certain state prosecutor shredding away.
Louisiana will see something they have never seen before. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone mention he's a RHODES SCHOLAR 
Make's him the preferred choice  |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Yes, but you have to take into account his long record of cronyism.
While in Congress he sold out Louisiana industries for pro-corporate free trade deals.
He also was the 3rd least effective congressmen in Congress.
He also took money from Video Poker interests, then accused his rival Georges of doing that.
During a debate he said that he wanted to allow creationism to be taught in public schools.
Apparently being a Rhodes Scholar doesn't require a lot of critical thinking skills. |
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