[JohnnyZ]

He also is on black radio, unusual for a Republican, in an ad that says party doesn't matter.

This should be required, not unusual. It has worked well for other Republicans, notably Jim Talent in Missouri. At the very LEAST, folks get a positive introduction to the Republican, which makes it more difficult for the Rats to scare people into voting with a "he's going to enslave your children" message.

Shreveport demographer Elliott Stonecipher says Jindal needs 15 percent of the black vote, coupled with 2 out of 3 white voters, to win.

That would be a Big win. Blanco needs 35% white and 90% black. Roughly.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Your friend and mine Vernon Robinson said that he's been told that the RNC is much more focused on doing what they know works-- reaching out to whites-- than the untested methods like really making Democrats fight for every block in minority neighborhoods. It's up to these individual candidates to be courageous and dare to fight for minority votes.