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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Victory for Bobby Jindal!

Despite all the racism and sectarianism that the Democratic Party tried to play up, Bobby Jindal dominated the 12-way race with 53% of the vote.

The race is significant for America politics for several reasons:
  1. Jindal won in a heavily Democratic state that tolerates corruption, defeatism, and cronyism.
  2. Jindal, at 36, is now the youngest governor in the country.
  3. Jindal is the son of Indian immigrants and his victory puts down the age-old lie of the Democratic party -- that the GOP is just a club for old, white men.
I have long had this theory about how the future of the G.O.P. will be with Asian-Americans, who facing increasing discrimination from the Democratic party and the diversity crowd, will join up with the rest of the G.O.P's pro-business, pro-family wing. Americans of Asian descent are the second fastest growing ethnicity, one of the wealthiest, and one of the most politically unaligned in the U.S. and the G.O.P. has deftly understood their political power. The G.O.P, for instance, is the only political party to consistently put Asian-Americans in positions of power. Elaine Cho, secretary for energy and there are numerous candidates we've fielded. The question is, how do we get their message out, while simultaneously raise more money.

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