More reports of a possible run for Governor by perennial candidate, State Treasurer John Kennedy in 2011. Journalist Jeremy Alford reports that Kennedy and his deputy Jason Redmond laughed when asked about a challenge to PB&J, while the AP notes that Kennedy continues to upstage the Governor. Developing…
Amid growing rumors that State Treasurer Lyndon LaRouche John Neely Kennedy will challenge jet-setting Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal in 2011( see here, and here), yesterday, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported that Kennedy will be hitting the road this week, speaking before the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday and at a Healthcare Breakfast this Wednesday. Full details after the jump.
No, this is not a joke, he’s back. Maybe. In a column for Bayou Buzz, political analyst and Republican Party of Louisiana insider Jeff Crouere speculates that State Treasurer John Kennedy might run against jet-setting Governor Bobby Jindal in 2011 if Jindal’s numbers are weak. For those unfamiliar with any of Treasurer Kennedy’s (many) previous runs for office, and honest to god, who can keep track of them all, here is an ad from his most recent campaign for United States Senate.
While enough has probably been said about jet-setting Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s nationally mocked response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean caused us to bring up Bobby’s speech one more time in his appearance on Meet the Press this morning. More after the jump.
While it is hard to believe that Jet-setting Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal could be even more embarrassed than he was after “The Speech” Mardi Gras Day, it appears that he suffered another humiliating rebuke at the polls after his candidate in the District 20 State Senate special election lost. Bobby, when it comes to persuading Louisianans, apparently unlike the rest of America, you can’t quite do anything!
According to analyst John Maginnis, the former master-apprentice relationship between former Governor Mike Foster, and current Governor, and potential 2012 candidate for President, Bobby Jindal may be unraveling due to Jindal’s failed leadership. Maginnis goes on to say the split between Jindal and reformist icon Buddy Roemer is even wider than that between Jindal and Big Daddy Mike Foster.
In an interview with Eric Asher on WIST radio in New Orleans, demographer Elliot Stonecipher claimed that Governor Jindal initially planned to run for Senate in 2010. According to Stonecipher, Republicans hoped a Jindal candidacy would have forced disgraced junior Senator David Vitter out of the race, but that Jindal would have been prepared to run against Vitter. Stonecipher said it was Vitter’s relatively impressive fundraising, along with a perception among national Republicans that Vitter has rehabilitated his image that stopped Jindal from going for his next promotion.
According to the Times-Picayune, Louisiana Governor and potential candidate for either Senate or President Bobby Jindal has sealed a book deal. Jindal says the book will be a mix of his life experiences and policy proposals, with a heavy emphasis on combating child molesters. No word yet on how he will find time to write giving his heavy out of state fundraising schedule, but it is assumed most of the book will be written during the upcoming legislative session, where the Governor will not be very occupied, as he is forbidden by law from raising money during the session.
According to Hot Air, it was reported on the previously recorded Chris Matthews Show for this Sunday that Louisiana Governor and world traveler Bobby Jindal is considering a primary challenge to disgraced junior Senator and unindicted co-conspirator David Vitter. Hot Air goes on to speculate that a nasty primary fight between the Exorcist and the Customer could open the door for a third, non-tarnished candidate. Hot Air maintains that this candidate could very well be Baton Rouge sensation and award-winning writer, director, and actress Stormy Daniels. As far as has been reported, Stormy Daniels has never been an unindicted co-conspirator in any criminal prosecution, nor has she ever met anyone named “Sue”.
