For once. An election eve poll puts

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindalis well in the lead

of the

field. Under Louisiana’s system, the top two vote-getters in the primary

election will meet in the Nov. 15 runoff. Jindal is almost certain now to

make it. He’s 32, a pro-life, pro-reform conservative, the son of

immigrants, and just a terrific candidate. If he wins, he’d be the nation’s

first Indian-American governor. The New Orleans Times-Picayune called him

the “epitome of the generation Louisiana is losing” to outmigration, as the

state’s best and brightest leave for better places. As a Louisiana expat,

I’m rooting for Bobby. If this wunderkind does well, he’s absolutely got a

national political future. Watch him closely.