https://freerepublic.com/tag/politicalmiddle/ en-us Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:43:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050284/posts <p>BATON ROUGE - For a time in 2003, it looked as though Louisiana voters might jettison old habits and elect a man who looked and sounded different from any previous governor.</p> <p>In the end, old themes reasserted themselves and some traditional trends in Louisiana politics won out. Instead of sending the nation's first Indian-American to the Governor's Mansion - and electing the first nonwhite governor in Louisiana history - voters chose a white career politician whose candidacy echoed that of predecessors.</p> Shreveport, LA, Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050284/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:43:28 GMT