Will McCain try to match Biden with Opus Dei Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

[CK_John]

Jindal wants to be convinced McCain has a chance before he will leave his Gov gig. I guess we'll find out next friday but be ready for this possibility.

[maximusveritas]

1. No way. That would neutralize the advantage McCain has among closet racists

If he picked Jindal, he'd have almost no chance at all. Jindal was just included as a token minority and to build him up for the future.

[marylanddem]

2. So are you saying Jindal is not white?

[RoyGBiv]

3. There's a good ad ...

McCain/Jindal

... because Jindal thinks he might have a chance.

[CK_John]

11. La has a strange law that requires the Gov be replaced as soon as he runs for fed office.

No chance for him to run and retain his office as Gov.

[RoyGBiv]

13. Oh, I get that ...

I was just bemusing the rather lackluster enthusiasm it shows.

Everything about McCain's campaign is negative, right up to his potential choice in running mates.

[blitzen]

4. Please dear Lord, let it be Bobby!

[scheming daemons]

5. God, I hope so

[hedgehog]

6. Has it been confirmed that Jindal is Opus Dei?

They're pretty secretive about being members.

[Hawkeye-X]

8. Most RC Rethugs are Opus Dei

Look at Antonin Scalia for one...

Hawkeye-X

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. Oh course not. But if you post something on the internet often enough people will begin to believe

[Hawkeye-X]

Jindal will still be overmatched

and I'm pretty sure that the RC folks will go to Obama/Biden as Biden is also RC...

Jindal is a fuckwit.

Hawkeye-X

[Riddler]

7. I can just see the firestorm these racists will have against someone named "Piyush" when "Obama" is

too "exotic" for them to comprehend.

[Thrill]

9. That would be great

[blitzen]

10. Jindal is a godawful lousy campaigner with zero charisma

trust me, I live in Baton Rouge

[CK_John]

12. But... he won didn't he. n/t

[RoyGBiv]

14. Yeah ...

He won on what was basically a referendum on the governor who was in place when Katrina hit. He campaigned against Katrina more than anything.

Geez, Katrina really sucked didn't it? Vote for me. I didn't like Katrina either.

[blitzen]

16. Here's the deal:

Jindal was a wunderkind, smart guy from Baton Rouge, got a Rhodes Scholarship. Was appointed to a high position in the Gov.'s administration when he was something like 24 years old. That--being a young guy--made him locally famous. Gets a job as a wonk in the Bush Admin. Moves to Metairie--David Duke's district, the only place he could have won a seat in Congress. Loses his first run for Gov against Kathleen Blanco, herself a godawfully bad campaigner. Wins Gov after the discredited Blanco refuses to run again, against a field of Dem nobodies. He has NEVER won a hard race against an even halfway decent opponent. I do hope he is picked as VP nominee, so folks can see just how lame he is.

[Stop Cornyn]

Indian-Americans break heavily Democratic, but they don't like Biden, and they love Jindal -- could

be a swing demographic.

[blitzen]

19. I have always heard that Indian-Americans favor the GOP

anyone know which is the case?

[Stop Cornyn]

24. "Despite being heavily religious and having the highest average household income among all ancestry

groups in the United States, Indian Americans tend to be more liberal and tend to vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. Polls before the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election showed Indian Americans favoring Democratic candidate John Kerry favored over Republican George W. Bush by a 53% to 14% margin (nearly a 4 to 1 ratio), with 30% undecided at the time."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American

[nsd]

26. I wouldn't place much faith in these statistics.

Leaving aside the fact that (53+14)<100, Indian-Americans are difficult to poll accurately because we comprise only a small fraction (~1%) of the population, an even smaller fraction of the electorate (a high proportion of Indians are recent immigrants ineligible to vote), and are fairly geographically dispersed.

Judging by the people I know, I think Democrats do have a distinct edge among Indian-Americans, but it's pretty small. In fact, the most politically-active Indians I know are Republicans. Obviously, this is only anecdotal evidence and must be taken with a grain of salt, but I find a 3-1 ratio not to be credible.

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. Are there any states where the Indian American vote could be decisive?

:shrug:

[Stop Cornyn]

25. Michigan

[nsd]

27. Michigan?

You might be confusing Indians with Arabs (Michigan does have a big Arab-American population). The states with big populations of Indian-Americans are New York/New Jersey and California. But you can find Indians in all sorts of places. For example, I'm Indian-American and was born and spent my early childhood in southeastern Indiana.

I don't think there's a big enough population of Indian-American voters in any state to really affect the results, especially because Indian-Americans don't normally vote as a block and a lot of people of Indian descent are recent immigrants ineligible to vote.

[snowbear]

15. Who is Bidden?

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Never heard of him.
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Dick Cheney's new dog

[jillan]

21. You crack me up!

I was going to respond to the Bidden, then I saw that dog.

[RoyGBiv]

22. That pic ...

... is terrifying.

:scared:

[jillan]

18. Didn't Jindal try to perform an excorcism or go to one or something like that?

I heard Randi Rhodes talking about it.

[Yavin4]

23. Bobby Is Not His Real Name

It's Piyush. He changed it after watching the Brady Bunch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal

[GarbagemanLB]

28. McCain criticizes Obama for a lack of experience. He won't pick Jindal, who has little experience.

[CK_John]

29. There is no connection between what they say and do. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

30. I didn't know Jindal was Opus Dei

:puke: