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Four years ago after coming within a few percentage points of being elected the nation's first Indian-American governor, conservative Louisiana Congressman Bobby Jindal is well positioned to make it all the way this fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...greatest unknown is the degree to which voter apathy will affect the race. With Vitter recently shamed by revelations that he had previously paid prostitutes for sex, U.S. Congressman William Jefferson facing trial for corruption in January, and Nagin and Blanco considered by many to be irrelevant at best and outright failures at worst, voters may have decided that the entire electoral process is pointless. "I would contend that we're headed for a historically low turnout, which is the opposite of what we would have expected in Louisiana in 2007," says Shreveport demographer and political analyst Elliott Stonecipher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is already running radio ads against Kuhl and his seven colleagues, in addition to automated phone calls and an e-mail campaign. "Congressman Kuhl has a simple choice: give 10 million children the health care they need or turn his back on those children," the radio announcer says in one spot. "Call Congressman Kuhl and tell him to stand with kids, NOT George Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Hay Over the Health Care Veto | 10/2/2007 | See Source »

...They preach a message of optimism and unity. This new generation of young black mayors, governors, congressmen, and senators includes 2006 senatorial candidate Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78, and Alabama Congressman Artur Davis...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: What’s So New About Obama? | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

Democrats intend to introduce the bill again and again between now and the 2008 elections. "Children's health care will be a defining issue this cycle," says Chris Van Hollen, the Maryland Congressman whose job is to help elect more Democratic candidates. "Republicans either stand with 10 million American kids or with President Bush." For Republicans looking to change the subject from Iraq, this probably wasn't what they had in mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Memo: A Stinker for the GOP | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

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