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YOUNG Indian-American governor of Lousiana, Bobby Jindal, a rising Republican star, has ruled himself out of the race to be the party's vice-presidential pick. Asked if he would like to be John McCain's running mate, Jindal, 37, told NBC's Meet the Press "No. I've got the job I want." "I'm voting for Senator McCain. I'll do what I can to help him. I'll do it as good governor. We cut taxes, we're growing jobs, lowest unemployment in 30 years, but we have more work," he said. Mr Jindal's name has been floated as a possible vice presidential pick as the...

Party official calls him likely keynote speaker BATON ROUGE -- While Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to be sliding down the list of possible Republican vice presidential hopefuls, the nation's youngest chief executive could assume another prominent post at the party's national convention, delivering the keynote address four years after Democrats used their corresponding slot as Barack Obama's introduction to American voters. Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere said the campaign of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has talked with Jindal's staff about the governor having "a prominent speaking role" at the convention. While cautioning that he does not know...

In 1988, 16-year-old Piyush Jindal totaled his father's new car a few weeks before graduating from Baton Rouge High School. Piyush -- who then and now prefers the nickname "Bobby" he adopted from "The Brady Brunch" sitcom -- had to assess more than fender damage with his parents. "Which God do you have to thank for your safety?" Mr. Jindal, now governor of Louisiana, remembers his mother, Raj, a practicing Hindu, inquiring after he escaped from the wreck. For the child of Punjabi immigrants who had announced his Christian beliefs the previous summer, the question was difficult. Twenty years later,...

I just want to see who you think McCain should pick to be his running mate. This thread is not about "Juan McCain" and please spare us "he should pick Fred or Duncan and step down". I think it should be: Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney

I am not big on the guess-the-Veep games, but it seems that Mac may have his man.

July 08, 2008, 6:00 a.m. Louisiana Confounds the Science Thought PoliceNeo-Darwinism is no longer a protected orthodoxy in the Bayou State's pedagogy. By John G. West To the chagrin of the science thought police, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law an act to protect teachers who want to encourage critical thinking about hot-button science issues such as global warming, human cloning, and yes, evolution and the origin of life. Opponents allege that the Louisiana Science Education Act is “anti-science.� In reality, the opposition’s efforts to silence anyone who disagrees with them is the true affront to scientific...

Governor says the court overlooked precedent in banning death penalty for those convicted of raping childrenGovernor Bobby Jindal says the U.S. Supreme Court made a factual error when it banned the death penalty as a sentence for those convicted of raping children. The court claimed there was no federal precedence in providing that type of sentence, but Jindal says the death penalty is authorized for child rape under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The Governor is asking Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell and Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick to consider petitioning the court for a rehearing. The 5-4...

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has signed a stealth creationist bill into law, and American educational standards take a huge step backward: Science law could set tone for Jindal. The creationist front group called the Discovery Institute is quietly crowing, and maintaining the fiction that the bill is not religiously-based.

BATON ROUGE -- House Speaker Jim Tucker, one of the major proponents of raising lawmakers' base pay from $16,800 to $37,500 a year, was hit with a recall petition Wednesday, while three more House members quietly submitted statements declining the doubling of their salaries and at least two legislators urged Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto the measure that has outraged many voters. Tucker, who cannot run for re-election to his House seat in 2011 because of term limits, is the fourth lawmaker this week targeted for removal from office by unhappy constituents. Under the new law, Tucker's base legislative pay...

If we're going to promote a candid discussion of race in our country, we can't jump down the throat of everyone who ventures onto the racial minefield. Rather than finding offense in Roger Simon's suggestion that choosing Bobby Jindal as his VP candidate would hurt John McCain among racist voters, I propose we simply analyze it. Here's what Simon said on this evening's Hardball, as guest host Mike Barnicle led the Politico reporter and Newsweek's Howard Fineman through a tour d'horizon of possible VP picks. MIKE BARNICLE: Interesting new Republican face, Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana. ROGER SIMON: Interesting. Young....

A poisonous cloud has been circling the Republican presidential nomination this season. First, it was "the Mormon question" raised against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, which was used as a political sledgehammer by one of his primary opponents. Now, it's religious writing from the youth of the still-young Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Can we please not go there again? Can we please not use religion against another candidate this cycle? As the media twitters about recently elected Jindal being considered as a possible choice for John McCain's vice presidential running mate, a buzzkill arrives. On the Left blogosphere, an article...

The people of Louisiana made it clear last week that they are adamantly opposed to a massive pay raise for lawmakers. But the Legislature didn't listen. Lawmakers did give up on the absurd idea of tripling their salary, but they voted instead to double it. Perhaps in their insular world that is what passes for sacrifice. In the real world, they still look greedy.

Everyone has a different theory as to the direction in which Senator McCain should go with his VP pick for the ticket. Some say choosing a Democrat like Joe Lieberman would appeal to moderates and independents--I like that idea only because it would drive the hyper-caffeinated left-wing blogosphere into apoplectic conniptions. But there are practical matters to consider. If, heaven forbid, a Vice President Lieberman assumed the presidency, one would assume he would affiliate himself with the Democrats. Unacceptable. So we're left with the slate of rumored Republican picks, among them Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, former...

I heard on tv that Gov. Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Gov. Charlie Crist, Rob Portman, Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Joe Lieberman were invited to Senator McCain's ranch, and some (or all) are potential running mates. So I'm doing some research on them, and would like to hear what other FReepers think about these people. Of course, it's not a "done deal" that any of these will be the running mate, and it could be someone entirely different. I also like Sen. John Thune, Governor Palin, J.C. Watts, Michael Steele and a few others.

Gov. Bobby Jindal probably could use a little downtime. In the four months since he was inaugurated, he's held two special sessions, talked lawmakers into reforming ethics laws, then got them to cut business taxes and now is in the midst of the regular legislative session. A weekend in Sedona is a perfect antidote to that frenzied pace. It's one of the loveliest places in a nation rich with natural wonders. And this time of year Northern Arizona should provide a cool respite from the mugginess of South Louisiana.

WASHINGTON -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday continued to play down speculation that he's a serious contender to be John McCain's running mate as he prepared to join two others discussed for the GOP ticket for Memorial Day weekend barbecuing at McCain's Arizona ranch. As pundits debated whether he would be a good vice presidential candidate, with his age, 36, viewed as both a potential plus and negative, the McCain campaign and Jindal continued to insist the weekend won't be about narrowing down the field of choices. It's purely a social event, campaign officials said, although Deputy Republican National...

Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Friday is scheduled to meet with two Republican governors who have been prominently mentioned as potential running mates, according to Republicans familiar with Mr. McCain’s plan. Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, and Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, have both accepted invitations to meet with Mr. McCain at his home in Arizona, according to Republican familiars with the decision. One Republican said that Mitt Romney, a former rival of Mr. McCain for the presidential nomination — is also expected to visit him this weekend. Mr. Romney’s advisers declined to comment.

Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney better hope John McCain isn't banking on Tony Blankley for guidance on his Veep pick. Newt's former press secretary is blah—at best—on all three. Blankley, also the former editorial page editor of the Washington Times and who continues to write a column there, made his remarks on MSNBC's "Race for the White House" this evening as part of a panel reacting to the news that McCain has invited the three governors—past and present—to meet with him over the Memorial Day weekend. ON CRIST DAVID GREGORY: What would Governor Crist bring to McCain's ticket?...

Jindal: 'I'm exactly where I need to be' By Jon Ward May 5, 2008 BATON ROUGE, La. — He is the future of the Republican Party, some say, and has risen so high for the age of 36 that his name is tossed about as a vice-presidential pick. But Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he wants to keep his job, although he expects to lose popularity as he pushes his ambitious two-term plan to remake his state in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "I told the voters of Louisiana this is a historic, one-time opportunity to change our...

Barack Obama said Friday, “We’ve had a rough couple of weeks.” Actually, he’s had a rough couple of months. He’s lost three big primaries to Hillary Clinton. And, should he hold on to win the nomination, he can no longer be considered a clear favorite over John McCain in the general election. In a New York Times/CBS News poll in late February, Obama was defeating John McCain 50 to 38. Two months later, the Times/CBS poll had McCain and Obama tied. The poll that came out yesterday showed Obama reopening a lead over McCain — but clearly over this period...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg5GWI7UKtQ Bobby Jindal is a true American success story.

Gov. Bobby Jindal touted Louisiana's hurricane recovery efforts and tossed aside rumors he could be a possible running mate for Republican presidential contender John McCain, when he appeared Monday on NBC's "Tonight Show."

Despite having about 100,000 job openings in the state, many residents do not have the proper training or education to fill those positions, Labor Secretary Tim Barfield said Monday. Legislators are considering bills to overhaul the state Labor Department, to coordinate worker training programs across the state, and to better align training with available jobs. Before starting the regular session last week, Gov. Bobby Jindal said about 40 percent of the state’s population over age 16 is unemployed or underemployed. “Educational attainment, or lack of attainment, keeps a significant amount of potential employees unemployed or underemployed,” Barfield told the Baton...

The contrast between Barack Obama and Bobby Jindal could not be more stark. On the campaign trail this year, Obama serves up messages of hope and change. Last year, running for Governor of Louisiana, Jindal did the same. But Obama’s hope and change consists of platitudes. Jindal’s hope and change was premised on detailed plans and policy roadmaps to move people forward, get Louisiana on the road to recovery, and end the boom-bust economic cycles. Entering his fourth month in office, Jindal’s change has already proved to be change we can believe in. Governor Jindal is a master of new...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) — Somehow, being the first Indian-American and the youngest person ever elected to govern a US state wasn't enough. Within weeks of taking office, rising Republican star Piyush "Bobby" Jindal's name was thrown into the ring as a possible vice-presidential candidate by influential conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. And some say the 36-year-old son of Punjabi immigrants could make a great president if he plays his cards right. A cowboy boot-wearing social conservative, Jindal built his political support among Christian conservatives and middle-class whites with his promises to cut taxes, tighten government spending and impose...

Fulfilling the most galvanizing of all of his campaign promises, in his first major act in office, new Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will convene his state Legislature for a special session this Sunday devoted entirely to ethics reforms. If he succeeds in his battle against corruption, he will have launched a term in office that as soon as four years from now could unite a conservative movement, and a Republican Party, that now is more fractured than at any time in the past three-plus decades. Jindal has the potential, without a doubt, to be the Barack Obama of the right...

Now how often do you get that? News is almost always dire, bad, outrageous, etc. Well, here's some good news:In family news...Abortions are down to their lowest level since 1974 (the first full year after Roe...). Margaret Sanger—eugenicist, Nazi-darling, and founder of the left's beloved Planned Parenthood—must be rolling in her grave! What will they do? How will they stop all of these "undesirables" from being born, from breathing the fresh air of life and American freedom. Simply appalling. Excuse the sarcasm, but in my view, even people who are pro-choice should be happy about this, but they won't be....

Despite the amusing designation as “Bush’s Asian-babe PR shill,” loyal readers know how unhappy I’ve been with the GOP leadership in Washington–and how ambivalent I feel about the GOP presidential field. There is one Republican I’m absolutely thrilled about, though: Bobby Jindal. He’s taking office today as Louisiana governor. It’s a historic moment–and a proud moment: The inauguration was set to begin at 10 a.m. with music from the West Monroe High School marching band. Pascal Calogero, chief justice of the state Supreme Court, was to swear in the 36-year-old Jindal at noon. He’ll be Louisiana’s first nonwhite governor since...

Louisiana state Rep. Steve Scalise (R) will be a candidate for the special election to replace Rep. Bobby Jindal (R), and he enters the race with some heavyweights behind him. Scalise told The Hill on Friday that he is running and will likely make a formal announcement in January, close to the Jan. 29-31 qualifying window. After filing a statement of candidacy this week, he will hold a fundraiser in Washington next week with former Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), who held the seat until 1999 and now works as a lobbyist. Scalise also said he has secured two top Louisiana...

Jindal Victory: A Strategic GOP Misstep? Bobby Jindal’s philosophically consistent and unapologetic conservatism clearly did not prove to be a liability. On the contrary, in a field of eleven candidates, it was Jindal’s blunt and unwavering assertion of “traditional values” that decisively separated him from the rest of the field.... .....Thus, undaunted by the field of aspiring gubernatorial candidates, Jindal knew he did not need to try to appeal to the great “middle,” nor was it in his nature to do so. Instead, he ran on a conservative platform only matched among the field of Presidential candidates by California Representative...

A narrative has been constructed by Democrats and their media allies castigating Republicans as purveyors of a racist "Southern strategy" to explain the transition of the South from solidly Democrat to solidly Republican. If a tree can be judged by its fruit, this narrative is backwards. Bobby Jindal, a second generation Indian-American, is going to be the new Republican Governor of Louisiana.  Although governors who are black have been elected in Virginia and Massachusetts, this election marks the first time the support of white Southern voters has propelled a non-white governor into office.  Jindal's election is evidence that the much-reviled...

GOP Should Learn From Louisiana Election By Doug Patton October 23, 2007 Louisiana has always been a strange place. This is, after all, the state that once elected a convicted felon (former Gov. Edwin Edwards) over former KKK leader David Duke on the strength of the sentiment expressed on an Edwards bumper sticker: "Vote for the crook. It's important." The state patterns its justice system on Napoleonic Law. Its major city sits below sea level. Its history is steeped in a weird combination of influences: French, Spanish, Catholicism, voodoo. Over the years, the state has spawned a bizarre parade...

Bobby Jindal, who was elected governor of Louisiana last Saturday, may not be a freak of unnatural Louisiana politics, but he's an unsoiled anomaly. The temptations of office, which flower in abundance along the bayous, lie still ahead. That's the cynical view, but one widely held in Louisiana, a state battered by nature (most recently Hurricane Katrina), and human nature (the examples never end). "Corruption in Louisiana," a one-time agent in charge of the FBI office in New Orleans once said, is "epidemic, endemic and entrenched." Graft three ways, as it might appear on the menu at a Chinese takeout....

I am not joking. As a general rule, I don't like to cherry-pick quotes because you can always find crazy things said anywhere. But there were enough of these that it was actually becoming a groupthink theme. Some quotes below (spelling mistakes left as they were, but out of respect for Red State, curse words have been put in asterisks). The Daily Kos is rich territory for conspiracy theories, and this one is no exception: From "Walt star": We now see the Katrina plan played out in full Force the Dmeocrats to move out. That was the plan all along....

Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, widely criticized for two botched prosecutions over deaths from Hurricane Katrina, was turned out of office Saturday night. Shreveport lawyer Royal Alexander and Buddy Caldwell, a district attorney in Northeast Louisiana, will meet in a runoff. The Republican Party's main statewide political target, longtime state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, was forced into a runoff with state Rep. Mike Strain. Incumbents Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon and Secretary of State Jay Dardenne all won re-election. Treasurer John Kennedy was unopposed. All but Landrieu are Republicans. Foti, a Democrat, has been widely criticized for...

Dear People: Welcome to Louisian Election Result 2007 ..... History in making 8:45 pm for New Louisiana new beginning with right path of progress and sucess with pride and confidence being from louisiana and for Louisiana and by people of louisiana ..... Be a part of this blog writing comment and sujjetion e-mail you comment Louisianagov.blog@blogger.com Governer race result at 10:30 pm 10-20-2007 2,764 of 3,967 Precincts Reporting Name Party Votes % Bobby Jindal GOP 444,550 53 Walter Boasso Dem 155,154 18 Foster Campbell Dem 109,375 13 M.V. Mendoza Dem 1,474 0 Hardy Parkerson Dem 1,271 0 Mary Smith Dem...

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What began as a traditional candidate forum between the four top candidates for governor soon grew into a heated war of words between Democrat Walter Boasso and Republican Bobby Jindal over health care votes and corruption allegations. At one point, Thursday's night debate in northeast Louisiana ran so off script that the debate moderators intervened, asking the candidates to stick to answering questions rather than back-and-forth attacks. Boasso, a state senator from St. Bernard Parish, started the dispute, on a health care question. He challenged Jindal to return to Washington to drum up support from Louisiana's congressional delegation for a...

Having gotten little out of attacking Bobby Jindal for being a Christian, the Democrats in Louisiana and Walter Boasso in particular, have found a new avenue -- attacking Jindal for cleaning up Louisiana's objectively corrupt hospital system. Along the way, some things happened that should not have happened. as Vladimir notes, Boasso is highlighting one of those tragic cases now. Keep in mind that Jindal was sued in his official capacity, not personally. Jindal, having learned his lessons from going against Kathleen Blanco, has been quick to fire back. Keep in mind that Jindal was sued in his official capacity,...

Will the Louisiana Governor’s race be won straight up or will it be resolved after a runoff? While some believe that Bobby Jindal will win straight up like David Vitter did in the US Senate race, according to the Bobby Jindal campaign manager, Timmy Teepel, the election will not be decided in the first primary. In a letter to his supporters, Teepell said “It is very likely that this race will go to a runoff. While we fully expect to come in first place in the primary, because we have 12 opponents, including three that will spend millions, it is...

A church is more than a building, and Faith Temple Ministries illustrates the point. This non-denominational congregation holds services in a large white tent behind the frame of its new structure, which is under construction. Two years ago Hurricane Katrina destroyed the old one. Buras, a community of about 3,500, is in lower Plaquemines Parish, the southeastern corner of Louisiana. This is where Katrina first hit, and the hurricane's effects are very much in evidence on the 90-minute drive from New Orleans along the Mississippi River's west bank. Partly completed new buildings stand alongside wrecked ones. Trailers sit on the...

The state Democratic Party on Monday began running a TV commercial in north Louisiana that contends U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal “insulted thousands of Louisiana Protestants.” The party claims Jindal once characterized non-Catholics as being burdened with “utterly depraved minds.” Jindal on Monday night denounced the commercial as a twisted attack on his Christian faith. He said he does not believe that Protestants or other Christians are depraved. “I think voters are going to be angry and disgusted when they see this,” he said. The Democratic Party’s chairman, Chris Whittington, said the commercial simply uses Jindal’s own words about religion. “I’m...

It’s Official! Bobby Jindal for Governor of Louisiana Filed under: D'Arbonne News — 4unionparish @ 7:55 am This past Monday Bobby Jindal took a whirlwind trip around the State to officially announce his candidacy for Governor of Louisiana. Starting in Baton Rouge early Monday morning, Bobby then went on to Alexandria, then Monroe, Shreveport, Lake Charles and finishing up in NOLA. I attended the Monroe rally to enjoy a large, very enthusiastic crowd of supporters. Daniel Kirk, the local campaign director, had a well organized group of volunteers greeting supporters and handing out rally signs. Having met with Bobby on...

Assuming, as the polls seem to have concluded, that Bobby Jindal will soon be moving to Baton Rouge, we're going to be in for at least one fascinating contest to fill his 1st Congressional District seat. Gov. Jindal would call the special election, likely in the spring, and the winner would have to run again in the regular election next fall. Four established politicians, two from the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain and two from the north shore, already are weighing the race. Any combination would constitute the first seriously contested campaign in the 1st District since 1999. And lurking...

My Conversation with Bobby - The Experience of a Lifetime Part 1 The first time I ever saw Bobby in the “flesh” I was standing out in front of the Downsville Community Center greeting Steve Johnson, UPSB, Bernice Mayor Joe Hicks, and Junction City Mayor Preston Rogers ........ ........... Most importantly, was the generous attendance by the Downsville Community residents that willing stood up against the walls of the Downsville Community Center in a standing room only crowd, just to see and hear the likely next Governor of Louisiana. Part 2 http://louisianaconservative.com/?p=97 "Bobby Jindal is a tremendous...His message is easy...

I've been hearing rumors for a couple of weeks now that New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin is considering running for Governor. I finally found a news outlet that confirms this rumor, thanks to freelance journalist Jason Berry, who appeared on Informed Sources last night to predict that Nagin will run for Governor. Hat tip to Library Chronicles. As an aside, is this Jason Berry the author of Amazing Grace, an account of Charles Evers' run for Governor in Mississippi back in 1972? But back to the issue at hand - Ray Nagin running for Governor of Louisiana. This makes...

Editor's Note: This article appears in the new issue of The Critical, the quarterly collection of the best writing online, publishing next week. The first time I saw Bobby Jindal, he left Jack Welch, John Sweeney, and a roomful of corporate bigshots, union leaders, and people who generally like to hear themselves talk absolutely dumbfounded. It wasn’t the first time he’d done this sort of thing, and certainly not the last. Read on. It was 2003, and President Bush’s Medicare plan was coming to Capitol Hill. As every cabinet secretary does in these situations, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy...

It didn't take the Democrats long to exploit the sleazy Mark Foley scandal with their own sleazy political commercial, produced in record time. In just the brief period since the Mark Foley scandal broke on Friday, a Democrat candidate from Louisiana's 1st Congressional District has already produced a campaign commercial trying to tie his Republican opponent, Bobby Jindal, in with Mark Foley. It's quite a stretch but as you can see in this campaign commercial produced for Democrat Stacey Tallitsch (pictured), the Foley connection is only part of the overall sleaziness of the video. Also included are images of a...

This campaign COMMERCIAL has to be seen to be believed. This Democrat candidate from Louisiana has approved a TV commercial that attempts to link Bobby Jindal with Mark Foley. Plus the images used in this commercial are incredibly JUVENILE. However, I guess this is the level the Democrats will be stooping to in the next few weeks.