For New Orleans,a real Governor is the difference

In 2005, The city of New Orleans was washed away while its leaders Ray Nagin and Governor Kathleen Blanco fumbled the ball. In Nagin's spectacular incompetence, he waited until 24 hrs before the storm to call for an evacuation, he left the emergency vehicles on low ground to be flooded and his Governor put ego ahead of pragmatism and wasted precious time before declaring a state of emergency. One half of this comedy team Blanco, has been ousted while Nagin got another shot due largely to his complexion.

Blanco was thankfully defeated in 2007 by Bobby Jindal a young 37 year old Republican superstar. Jindal, an east indian is the first to win elected office. Very tough on corruption and political perks, he has brought something to Louisiana politics that they have never seen before: transparency. Since taking office he struck 16 million in government waste from the state budget, instituted financial disclosure reforms, and transparency rules for lobbyists.

Jindal was magnificent in his handling of his first major crisis as Governor. He immediately declared a state of emergency and mobilized state and federal resources which resulted in a safe evacuation of over 1 million residents. Now, I'll sit back and watch Ray Nagin get the credit.There is little doubt that Jindal is headed for bigger and better things. He was on McCains shortlist of VP running mates. I like to call him Barack Obama with substance. for decades, Louisiana has been a cesspool of corruption with many elected officials going to jail. Jindal is just the conservative solution for a state crippled by liberalism.

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