Facing Blanco (or another Dem besides Breaux) was the only way Jindal was going to win. Now if Breaux does run, Jindal probably wont even make it to the runoff (its an open primary in LA).
You're right.
Mawmaw on Tranks never 'ran' the state- her husband did, everyone here knows that. She was the kindly Cajun figurehead in Edwards' place.
She knows she can't win- and she knows that now the Democrats who have had enough of her will vote for Breaux( another good-ol boy) instead of Jindal.
Jindal had a chance with her as his main opponent- a slim one, but a chance. The fact is that the rest of LA detests New Orleans/South LA and will never vote for a Governor from here.
All that Jindal did to help the N.O. area works against him in the rest of the state.
He's Republican, he's from N.O, and he's 'brown/foreign'. He's up against too much, and a too-deeply entrenched political system in LA. He WOULD make dramatic changes- and the good-ol-boy system is NOT gonna lose power.
Oh- and just a bit of info-
Close friends attended the Mardi Gras ball in D.C. Blanco and hubby were there , and he was putting away champagne by the water glass full! Ah- the good life!