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Bobby Jindal Under Scrutiny Over Corporate Donations to Wife's Foundation
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal isn't on anyone's short list of prospective Republican presidential candidates, but the young Southern governor could make an attractive running mate for one of the hopefuls. But first he may have to answer some questions about a charitable foundation set up by his wife, Supriya. The Supriya Jindal Foundation, founded in 2008, has spent about $1 million, much of it for high-tech interactive whiteboards for file sharing at public schools, many in low income neighborhoods. The foundation, which has won praise for its efforts, has been funded in part by large ...
Report: La. First Lady's Charity Attracts Corporate Money
By not in system - AOL NewsMajor corporations involved in high-stakes issues before the Louisiana state government have made commitments of nearly $1 million to a charitable foundation set up by the wife of Gov. Bobby Jindal, The New York Times reports. Pledges to the Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children include $250,000 from Marathon Oil, which last year got state approval to boost refining capacity at its facility in Louisiana, according to a review of records by the newspaper. AT&T, which pushed legislation allowing it to market its cable-TV service without negotiating with local regulators, also ...
Obama's State of the Union Speech: Memorable Moments From Past Addresses
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama's State of the Union address will surely touch on the year's accomplishments, bipartisanship efforts and domestic policy, but history tells us that tonight's most memorable moments will also be the most unpredictable. For all the careful planning, there's no telling who will come up with a creative and timely approach to landing in history alongside the Obama as he delivers the second State of the Union address of his presidency. (The 2009 speech on health care was technically not a State of the Union because Obama was only one month into his term.) Surge Desk rounds ...
Nikki Haley's Inaugural Speech: Tea Party Praise, Budget Blame
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday, Republican Nikki Haley was sworn in as governor of South Carolina, becoming woman to hold that position in the state, and the second Indian-American governor to be elected governor in the country (Louisiana's Bobby Jindal was the first). Haley is a favorite of the Tea Party movement, and she returned the affection in her inaugural speech: Our state has an incredibly powerful and rich history. It is one that has not always been pleasant, but one that can teach us many great lessons. We have a history of fierce independence, and that independence has some remarkable relevance for us ...
Six Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Oil Spill
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Of the tens of thousands of people who worked to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, many had competing loyalties and agendas. Unified, they were not. Complicating matters, local, state and federal officials felt enormous pressure to avoid being seen as in cahoots with BP. Because the federal government's response was slow off the mark, President Barack Obama got much of the blame. In the Oil Spill Commission's final report, the following excerpts from "Chapter Five: Response and Containment," give a first look at some of what went on behind the scenes: 1. The Myth of ...
Bobby Jindal: Sarah Palin 'Absolutely' Electable
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThere may be Republicans who think Sarah Palin is too divisive or too much of a lightweight to ever be elected president, but Bobby Jindal isn't one of them. The former Alaska governor is "absolutely" electable, Jindal told Bloomberg News. The governor of Louisiana was responding to a Politico editorial by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough that called on the GOP to "man up" and tell Palin she shouldn't make a run for the White House for the good of the party. "I love Joe. I've been on his show several times," Jindal said. "But I don't like anybody -- whether it's the Republican establishment, ...
Barbour on '12 Run: 'We've Begun to Talk About It' (And Daniels? 'I'm Thinking')
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailySAN DIEGO -- At the final news conference of the Republican Governors Association conference here, a nervous (and beautiful) young reporter addressed her question to the "president" instead of the governor – but which governor? "Hopefully someday you will be president,'' she corrected herself, and now all six men in blue shirts sitting at the dais were waiting to see which of them she meant: Was it Mississippi's Haley Barbour, maybe, or Indiana's Mitch Daniels? (Nope, it was actually . . . Michigan's governor-elect, Rick Snyder, which prompted a huge laugh from the others.) "Can you ...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Discusses His New Book, 'Leadership and Crisis'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyGov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) joined us on today's podcast to discuss his new book, "Leadership and Crisis." Jindal and I talked about his notion that conservatives should view public service as a noble calling. Jindal was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and later presided over Louisiana's health care system at the age of 24, and I wanted to get his take on why this career path is more common for liberals than for conservatives. During our interview, Jindal also talked about his journey from Hinduism to Christianity, and about his belief that America's culture is "the foundation for our ...
Jindal Asked Bush to Appoint Colin Powell or Jack Welch to Run Katrina Effort
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyI'm reading "Leadership And Crisis," by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. One of the most poignant parts of the book deals with Hurricane Katrina, and then-Congressman Jindal's frustration with how bureaucracy prevented common-sense efforts to save lives. For example, when bureaucrats overruled a local sheriff's decision to allow volunteers to go out in boats to help rescue people (rescuers couldn't go without "proof of insurance and registration for their boats"), Jindal says the sheriff responded by saying: "This is Sheriff Harry Lee. You can come arrest me, and Congressman Jindal's here ...
Republican 2012 Hopefuls Not Shy About White House Ambitions
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyEmboldened by dramatic Republican gains in Tuesday's election, President Obama's would-be rivals in 2012 are edging toward coming-out parties for a campaign that should be well under way by next spring. Several from the 2008 field -- Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin -- are in the forefront of the early buzz -- and they've done little to discourage the speculation. "I haven't made that decision," Romney insists. But the former Massachusetts governor is raising money like crazy and appeared in 25 states on behalf of Republican candidates during the midterm campaign. His political ...
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