[fieldmarshaldj]

"Whadda career move"

"Goes from Lt. Governor to Mayor"

George Voinovich did the same thing in Ohio in the late '70s when he was elected Lieutenant-Governor with Jim Rhodes and quickly jumped in to run for Mayor of Cleveland. It ended up bolstering his chances of becoming Governor a dozen years later.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"George Voinovich did the same thing in Ohio in the late '70s when he was elected Lieutenant-Governor with Jim Rhodes and quickly jumped in to run for Mayor of Cleveland. It ended up bolstering his chances of becoming Governor a dozen years later."

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Yeah, but that was because Voinovich was a Republican and Cleveland was the Democrat's biggest stronghold in Ohio. If, say, Bobby Jindal could get elected Mayor of New Orleans, it would almost certainly catapault him to the governorship (although I don't think he'll need much help anymore; he should win handily in 2007), since a Republican who carries NO is unbeatable in a statewide election. I think Mitch Landrieu should just run for governor and hope for a run-off.