Political Analysts see Democrat Kathleen Blanco Pulling to Front in Louisiana General Election

Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 10-06-03 | Walker, Don

[Theodore R.]

Northwest Louisiana voters overwhelmingly supported Saturday's gubernatorial front-runner and Republican Bobby Jindal, with runoff and Democrat candidate Kathleen Blanco averaging a third-place finish in most area parish races, according to results posted by the Louisiana secretary of state's office.

However, locals contacted Sunday to analyze election results give the nod to Blanco for winning Northwest Louisiana's vote outright in the November general election.

[Theodore R.]

Already, the pundits are dismissing Jindal's chances to succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Mike Foster. Foster is supporting Jindal, and Foster's son has flown Jindal around the state in a private plane.

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""Blanco is a different Democrat than we've seen in past elections,' said political analyst Brad Whitesides. "She's not the far-left candidate. She's middle of the road, which will help attract middle-of-the-road conservatives and will attract women. This woman is no flaming liberal in which they can attack liberal policies with.' "

Has there ever been a democRAT that they didn't describe this way? I think that if Karl Marx were running they would use this say line.

[OpusatFR]

"Northwest Louisiana voters overwhelmingly supported Saturday's gubernatorial front-runner and Republican Bobby Jindal, with runoff and Democrat candidate Kathleen Blanco averaging a third-place finish in most area parish races, according to results posted by the Louisiana secretary of state's office.

However, locals contacted Sunday to analyze election results give the nod to Blanco for winning Northwest Louisiana's vote outright in the November general election."

The pattern with the leftwing seems to be using all the media to talk up their candidates, discourage the opposition. Or spellcast, I'm not sure. I still think the Clinton's have some ungodly measures to brainwash people. At any rate, the media does cooperate with the left as viewed from that headline. No bias there, no sireee. Blech...

[JohnnyZ]

"His inexperience is now going to be exposed at a much, much broader and deeper level. He has to start sounding much different than he has so far - no more sound bites, no more talk that's 800 miles per hour every time he answers a question. He sounds way too slick,' Stonecipher said. "People expect him to sound smart, but not to say things like, 'I'm not a politician.' You just ran first-place in the gubernatorial primary, but you're not a politician? That shows his inexperience.'

Talk about not getting it. "Okay, so Jindal blew away the field in the primary by being himself, but he's going to have to change all that and be a typical politician or people are going to stop supporting him." HELLO!!!! ANYBODY IN THERE!!!????

[JohnnyZ]

By most people I talk to, he's marginally an underdog. They're discounting him too much, IMHO.

These are the same people who figured he'd get 5% in the primary, if that. Who just KNEW he'd hit a glass ceiling (10%!!!) beyond which conservatives just wouldn't vote for a "darkie".

Turnout: Ieyoub and Leach pulled out all the stops to get blacks to the polls. It wasn't too successful. Blanco got only, what, 20% of the black vote? And she's going to have to rely on Ieyoub, and Leach, and other peoples' turnout apparatus to get her elected? I'm thinking . . . no. If she wins, it'll be because she can isolate Jindal on the right and keep lots of moderate/conservatives for herself.

[Agnostic]

Nobody seems to have an answer as to how Jindal managed to beat Blanco in her home parish of Lafayette.

[GiveEmDubya]

They've been underestimating him all the way. Just last week, Charlie Cook's article was implying that Jindal and Blanco would finish even in the general primary, MAYBE Jindal pulling ahead.

He won first place by 15%.

He also said that Jindal & Blanco would both poll fairly higher on election day than in the polls.

Jindal polled roughly 6% better, Blanco only edged up a point or 2.

A few months ago, he wasn't even supposed to make the runoff, let alone win 1st place by double-digits.

I think you know who my favorite is in this race. It will be close, but Jindal simply has the momentum.

[pepsionice]

Jindal is getting an awful lot of press since the election, especially on the national newscasts. He comes across as bright and low-key. He probably has great national chances, if he can pull off this win...and perhaps in four years, run for Senator. I could see him in the national presidential election in 15 years easily.

[Bogey78O]

Well he is native born. So if he does do well and become governor then there's no telling how high his star will rise.