[dg62]

I live in La. and have voted Republican all my life (since 1980) but this was the first election in which I did not vote. Neither Blanco nor Jindal interested me enough. Jindal had too much the resume of a born overachieving politico (like Clinton). Blanco is a bureaucrat too but she seems to be scandal-free (a huge plus) and they were both pretty conservative when you boiled it all down so I did'nt care which of them were elected as I don't think either of them would have hurt our state.

[Coop]

Not much of an excuse not to vote. But of course that's your prerogative.

[warchild9]

Your reasons for not voting are the same we used when we sat out the last election, but with an opposite twist. Erskine Bowles was a Clinton lapdog (enough said), and Liddy Dole was a System Republican who we figured would turn her back on us in a second (which she did). We figured we'd lose either way (which we have).
Unless Hillary enters the next race, we're sitting out the next one, too. W has been a disaster for North Carolina (except in the minds of bots), and any Democrat will only continue the same policies, just faster and harder (the latest expansion of Medicaire, which WE are going to have to pay for, comes immediately to mind).

And for the record, the Mrs. and I supported Alan Keyes.

[Callahan]

Give me a break. Conservatives are constantly being tarred as "morons" by the lib media. We finally get a true blue conservative who is unassailably brilliant. He's poised to be a national star and a symbol of our color-blind philosophy--and you can't be bothered to cast a vote for him versus a dopey, medi-scaring, machine Democrat. Does he look to much like one a them 7-11 ownin' Hindoos? Now that really is stupid. Reminds me of blacks who think that getting good grades is "acting white." Being smart doesn't automatically make you a Clintoon.

[hunter112]

...they were both pretty conservative when you boiled it all down

That's a good point, both were Catholic in a state where that is heavily important, and both were pro-life, at least nominally. We don't have to worry about Blank-o being given a major speaking role at the Rat convention, they absolutely abhor anyone who is not pro-abortion.

Here's another thing: Just four years ago, Bobby Jindal was exactly half of Blanko's age. People aren't extremely comfortable having the top executive office in their state being considered an entry-level government position. Sure, there is Arnold, but he was able to exploit a unique set of circumstances. And he has a track record of success in other endeavors, plus over 35 years of living life as an adult, more than Bobby's been breathing on this planet.

All in all, it was amazing that he even came this close, given all the things he had going against him. In about eight or twelve years, Louisiana will be ready for Bobby, and he'll be even more ready for them. He has a lot of time to analyze what went wrong, and being the intelligent person he is, he'll figure out how to overcome all of them. I know that he's proud of himself for not going negative, it would be worse to win an election, yet lose yourself in the process.

[JNB]

On the big issues such as abortion, guns and even race, Blanco did little to alienate social conservatives. Between a Democrat who is socially conservative(Ralph Hall) and a Republican who is socially conservative but a neo lliberal on economics such as Dick Armey, I would vote for the Democrat no questions asked.

[Clemenza]

Blanco is as conservative as Mary Landrieu, who is a flaming feminist/socialist.

[Bogey78O]

Thanks a lot.

Next time we'll run an old uninspiring man of average intelligence.

Here's the tip. Whenever Congressman Jefferson and a Landrieu push a candidate vote for the other person. It's one of life's truisms.