Jindal Emerges Victorious
Written by Sam on October 21st, 2007
BATON ROUGE –In a campaign that had the air of both inevitable and the historical, Bobby Jindal was elected governor Saturday, claiming the electoral prize that eluded him four years ago.
By winning more than 50 percent of the primary vote against a field of 12 candidates, Jindal became the first candidate to win an open gubernatorial seat since Louisiana adopted its nonpartisan primary system in 1975. Buddy Roemer was elected governor in 1987 when incumbent Edwin Edwards dropped out after trailing in the primary. Jindal also is the first member of an ethnic minority to become the state’s chief executive since Reconstruction.
The 36-year-old Jindal becomes the nation’s youngest governor and the first chief executive of any state who is of Indian-American descent. When he officially takes over from Gov. Kathleen Blanco in January he will be the second-youngest person to serve in that office after Huey P. Long, who was 35 when voters first elected him in 1928.
An expected and a deserved victory. Louisiana is definitely turning around. They are throwing out the corrupt politics of the old Democrat guard and ushering in a new era. If anyone can turn that place around it’s Jindal.
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Jindahl’s win, and the landslide nature of it, is huge for us, and can be heavily exploited.
We need to keep this “kid’s” name and image all over the internet.
Swing on over to the Real Sporer tonight and live blog the GOP debate. It should be fun. The field is narrowing and there are only 75 days until the caucuses.
Hope to see you at 7. Here’s the link:
http://therealsporer.blogspot.com/
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Jindal could be the first minority President in American history.
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I thought Bill Clinton was.
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Sam, I stand corrected in Bill Clinton’s reality.
In our reality, Jindal could be.
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wait is Jindal US born citizen?
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Yeah, he was born in Louisiana. His parents are from India.
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This is great news…both for Louisiana and the GOP!!
Louisiana deserves a leader like Bobby Jindal. I look forward to watching him rebuild and revitalize that area of the country.
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Wow, a Republican won a governorship in a state:
1. That went for Bush by 15% in the last election
2. Where the Democratic governor was an incompetent buffoon
3. Where a large portion of the Democrats were displaced by a natural disaster (and posters on this website gloated about how great Katrina was since it would make the state even more red)
What an accomplishment. You’ll probably take over the Senate seat there too. On the other hand, we’ll be taking over your Senate seats in Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Virginia and probably some others.