Maybe my faith in LA voters is restored...

[rosetree]

Is anyone following this????
It looks like Dollar Bill Jefferson is going down..
I'd like to see the look on that smug bastid's face if he loses!
The T/P is calling it for Cao.....Whoo-Hoo!

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/jefferson_cao_in_dead_heat.html

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Maybe my faith in LA voters is restored...

I'm with you on that. Looks like they have a great governor for the first time in a long, long time.

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

Is anyone following this????
It looks like Dollar Bill Jefferson is going down..
I'd like to see the look on that smug bastid's face if he loses!
The T/P is calling it for Cao.....Whoo-Hoo!

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/jefferson_cao_in_dead_heat.html

"The people of the second district were able to transcend party, transcend race," Cao said after claiming victory Saturday night.

[rosetree]

WOW!
Talk about a "gumbo"...Cao is the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress.
This is good news. Hopefully a new regime in Louisiana will move our recovery to a different plain.:D

[ibjamn]

THANK GAWD!! The first Vietnamese candidate ever elected to Congress and the first republican I've ever voted for.

[swag]

You know, there's been a lot of talk about race in politics, and how Obama's election is a watershed moment for the US. And it is. But blacks have been the largest and most vocal minority group n this country for most of the last 50 years. We've had black congressmen and senators, mayors and governors, ambassadors and generals, justices and cabinet members. So we've been heading towards a black president for a while; it just came quicker than many expected.

But look at Louisiana. They've now got the first ethnically Indian governor, and the first ethnically Vietnamese congressman. Neither ethnic group is a large minority. The census category "Asian", which includes both of those origin countries along with Japan, China, Pakistan, and many others, are combined only 4.4% of US residents; and less than 1.4% of Louisiana. The percentages who are citizens and eligible to vote are even lower. Neither group is well-organized or powerful politically.

Both these men were elected as Republicans, which is not the party to which most minorities belong.

And both of these men were elected in Louisiana, a state where, at least by reputation, race has not been transcended. A state that was part of the Confederate South. A state that was home to David Duke and the Jena 6.

I think I may be more surprised and impressed with Louisiana's willingness to elect Jindal and Cao, than with America's election of Obama.

[nolanole]

As i grumbled and stomped through my home over the ever increasing notion that this years college football championship will be played featuring my 2 most hated programs, this news really pulled my day out of the crapper and put a smile on my face. Close race. Glad to think my vote made a difference.

[pokerchick66]

You know, there's been a lot of talk about race in politics, and how Obama's election is a watershed moment for the US. And it is. But blacks have been the largest and most vocal minority group n this country for most of the last 50 years. We've had black congressmen and senators, mayors and governors, ambassadors and generals, justices and cabinet members. So we've been heading towards a black president for a while; it just came quicker than many expected.

But look at Louisiana. They've now got the first ethnically Indian governor, and the first ethnically Vietnamese congressman. Neither ethnic group is a large minority. The census category "Asian", which includes both of those origin countries along with Japan, China, Pakistan, and many others, are combined only 4.4% of US residents; and less than 1.4% of Louisiana. The percentages who are citizens and eligible to vote are even lower. Neither group is well-organized or powerful politically.

Both these men were elected as Republicans, which is not the party to which most minorities belong.

And both of these men were elected in Louisiana, a state where, at least by reputation, race has not been transcended. A state that was part of the Confederate South. A state that was home to David Duke and the Jena 6.

I think I may be more surprised and impressed with Louisiana's willingness to elect Jindal and Cao, than with America's election of Obama.

Good post, Swag. Very thoughtful, insightful and informative (as usual). :)

[pokerchick66]

WOW!
Talk about a "gumbo"...Cao is the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress. This is good news. :D

That's pretty cool.

[Amy Winette]

YYR Swag!

And way to go Louisiana!!

[mdfest]

Swag Stephanopolis

[Lostcajun]

whooo aaha haahhhah hhhahh ahhhaha ONE MORE BITES THE DUST!!!!!!! yea.... I'm sick of crooked politicians He needs to go directly to JAIL. Perhaps he could room with Edwin.