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(CNSNews.com) - The president of the College Democrats of America is facing criticism from Indian-Americans for "despicable" comments he made about a Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate of Indian descent. In an e-mail Tuesday, College Democrats President Ashley Bell, a law student at Louisiana State University, informed students of the upcoming governor's election between Democrat Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and former Bush administration official Bobby Jindal, who was born a Hindu. "On Saturday -- we nominated Kathleen Blanco the Lt. Governor to be our nominee to take on Bush's personal 'Do Boy' Bobby Jindal," Bell wrote. "Jindal is Arab American and...

<p>California isn't the only state with an interesting governor's race this year. Republican Bobby Jindal, the son of immigrants from India who placed first in Louisiana's all-party primary for governor Saturday, was so unknown in the state that he wasn't even included in the first statewide poll on the race last January. But the former Rhodes Scholar will now face a runoff on Nov. 15 against Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat. If he wins, Republicans will have not only a bright new star on the national stage but a powerful symbol of their efforts at ethnic outreach.</p>

A conservative Republican and the lieutenant governor led the state's open primary on Saturday and are headed to a runoff on Nov. 15. The Republican, Piyush Jindal, a 32-year-old political newcomer, easily topped a number of veteran politicians. Mr. Jindal, who is known as Bobby, won 33 percent of the vote, and Lt. Gov. Kathleen B. Blanco, a Democrat, finished with 18 percent. Because none of the 17 candidates on the ballot won more than 50 percent of the vote, the contest advances to the runoff. Mr. Jindal's strong performance defied the predictions of many political experts, who said youth...

Indian Immigrant's Son Wins La. Primary Sunday October 5, 2003 4:16 AM By ADAM NOSSITER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Indian immigrants' son running as a conservative Republican finished first in an open primary for Louisiana governor Saturday, leaving three veteran Democratic politicians scrambling for the second spot in a runoff. With 47 percent of the precincts reporting, Bobby Jindal had 35 percent, or 231,901 votes. It was a close contest for the second spot between Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Attorney General Richard Ieyoub both at 17 percent, and former Congressman Claude ``Buddy'' Leach with 14...

A close race could produce the nation's first Indian-American governor... Is the U.S. about to get its first Governor of full-fledged Indian — and we don't mean Native American — ancestry? In Louisiana's race for Governor, Republican Bobby Jindal, 32, born and raised in Baton Rouge by parents who emigrated from India, is in a surprising dead heat for first place with Democratic Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Blanco. Jindal already has a whiz kid's resume: state health secretary, executive director of the national commission on Medicare, president of the University of Louisiana system and a top health-policy adviser to the Bush...

Breaking the diversity rule about race, math, science and success By Craig J. Cantoni The unwritten diversity rule in the pack media and government is to pander to those races and ethnic groups that underperform academically and economically, and to essentially ignore those races and ethnic groups that achieve outstanding performance. The following three articles attempt to correct this imbalance. The first article is by Fred Reed on the success of Asians, especially Indians, in math and science. It mirrors my wife's experience at Intel and my experience consulting with various high-tech firms -- namely, that many firms would be...

WASHINGTON: Indian American groups in Illinois have endorsed the US Senate candidacy of novice politician Chirinjeev Kathuria, a successful businessman who has declared he will put close to $15 million into the race. The 38-year-old Kathuria's campaign manager says his candidacy holds the potential of expanding the Republican Party base and attracting younger voters to the polls. "The significance of this event is that all the Indian/South Asian communities got together and endorsed my candidacy. It's very historic because Indians have tended to vote Democratic," Kathuria said, referring to Thursday's event at Chicago where several Indian American community leaders endorsed...