I don't know whether to celebrate or simply be upset. Going on record as being against hate crimes laws seems to be code for "I hate gays (and other minorities)" How could this be a victory for any thoughtful minority?

And how could teaching something ("intelligent design") that is not backed up by research or scholarship, teaching it alongside academic subjects in a school, how could that be any kind of victory? I hope that now that he is elected, he will return to his senses, or learn some sense.

Jindal is a far-right-wing, fast-talking opportunist wonk who held positions in the Bush administration before entering Louisiana politics. He is not just "against abortion," but opposed to any type of abortion, including a procedure to save a woman's life. He has made it plain that he believes that Christianity should be part of the school system. He is the worst thing that could happen to Louisiana, and he won by a landslide in an open primary.

Diane, you talk like you are anti-Indian. Are you afraid we are going to take your job? We work hard, as Jindal did and he deserves what he got. You don't live in Louisiana, you don't know what is good for us. Stop preaching to us.

I am deeply disturbed by the last gubernatorial election in Louisiana, and unconvinced that the voters of that state bought into the propaganda that the Democratic Governor was to blame for the willful breakdown in New Orleans.
Is it known how many displaced citizens voted in the Louisiana election and whether their removal and
relocation during this time constitutes a violation of
the law?
The current governor, a republican functioned as a
lightning rod absorbing the backlash of outrage at the
republican party by selling him as the first Indian
governor of the State. It obfuscates the larger issue
of deliberate manipulation of the city's disenfranchised electorate. Can we know how many people were disenfranchised and the new composite of voters district by district?