Kudos to Ramesh for his
piece on Louisiana
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal. Ramesh’s conclusion resonated with me:
If he makes it to the runoff, Jindal predicts, “I think this will be a
classic populist vs. conservative race.” But he thinks that Louisiana
populism has run its course. “We’ve been promised a lot of things over the
years. If we don’t change things, we’ll continue to have to make
long-distance calls to talk to our children and get on planes to see our
grandchildren.”
That’s why my family members back home, who have been taking planes for
years to see their grandchild, are probably going to vote Jindal.