Louisiana Governor

Bobby Jindal and the Soft Bigotry of Good Intentions

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics


Heather Robinson

The defense of our President's good intentions when no one is attacking them is unnecessary. The problem is, good intentions do not equal sensible policy.

Jindal Draws Fire For Anti-Gay "Marriage Commission"

The Bilerico Project | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics


Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is often cited as a rising star in Republican politics. One of the party's most visible state executives, he has worke...

Recall Petition Filed Against Potential McCain Veep

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is facing a potential recall, after he declined to veto state legislators doubling their salaries.

Louisiana Gov. Jindal Authorizes Chemical Castration Of Sex Offenders

Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Rising Republican star Bobby Jindal signed legislation allowing judges to force convicted rapists to undergo chemical castration, the Louisiana Advoca...

Seth Colter Walls

Who Is Bobby Jindal? The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Two of the three governors headed to Sen. John McCain's Arizona ranch for preliminary vice-presidential auditions this weekend are known political qua...

Jindal Takes Office As First Indian-American Governor

Associated Press | MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Pledging to make a "clean break with the past" and root out corruption, Republican Bobby Jindal tried to separate himself from politics as usual as he...

Republican Indian-American Voted New Louisiana Governor

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal easily defeated 11 opponents and became the state's first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction, decades after his parents mov...