[StBernard] 8 Candidates Vie for Lt. Governor Race

[Westley Annis]

John, if Bobby has nat'l aspirations he better make sure he does better than
his first nat'l speech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDnnITtRYCM

And he might want to downplay the exorcism stuff too!  ;-)

http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/bobby-jindal-the-exorcist-pro-or-co
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	As the sitting, established Secretary of State and having a good
network
	already in place, this should be Dardene's for the taking.
	
	In case anyone has forgotten, it was Jay Dardene who took on the
old,
	liberal guard of the Louisiana Senate and brought to the Senate
floor the
	"Term-Limits" constitutional amendment (which eventually passed
voter
	approval).  Vitter was then the co-sponsor of the bill in the state
House.
	Dardene also (with Vitter) championed the elimation of the State
Inheritance
	Tax, which passed and is now history.
	
	I've heard some of the other candidates are relying on
support/endorsements
	from the likes of the Sheriff's Associationa and Police Jury
Association.
	Yeah, that and about $4 will get you a decent cup of coffee at
Starbucks.
	Voters don't care so much anymore about those things.  It's the
"perceived"
	image that a candidate has what it takes to do the job or the
"likeability"
	factor that dominates.
	
	I'll bet you're not realizing in this special election you're really
	electing the next Governor of Louisiana???
	
	Who wins this special election knows he/she will not get challenged
a year
	later in 2011.  Then, either in 2012 if Jindal is not part of a
winning GOP
	presidential ticket, he in the very least is definitely going to be
the next
	U.S. Senator from Louisiana - either by easily defeating Mary
Landreau in
	2014 or winning it as an open seat since it has become "more than
rumor"
	that Landreau will likely not run again knowing the voter revenge
she will
	be up against.
	
	This would mean the person we elect next month to fill the remainder
of
	Mitch Landreau's office will in effect become the next Governor of
Louisiana
	by constitutional ascension, either in January 2013 or January 2015.
	Believe me, each of the candidates in this upcoming Lt. Governor's
race are
	very well aware of this - but none of them are talking about it in
case you
	might view them only as "okay" Lt. Governor material, but not as
Governor
	material.
	
	So when voting in this Lt. Governor's election, you should be asking
	yourself "which of these candidates would make a good GOVERNOR?"
	
	- John Scurich