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A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday.Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, was widely criticized after he refused to ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, who accused former President George W. Bush of leading a government "that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns," is hearing directly from New Orleans residents who have struggled to rebuild their city since the 2005 hurricane season.

Obama arrives in New Orleans Thursday on his first presidential ( Read more... )

Joe Repya Quits Minnesota GOP Says Party In "Death Spiral"

Joe Repya, a Minnesota Republican who ran for party chair in 2007, is now quitting the GOP. The Iraq and Vietnam war veteran, who was Co-Chair of Minnesota Veterans for Bush-Cheney in 2004, wrote in the Pioneer Press:

After years of ineffective party leadership resulting in a record ( Read more... )

Jindal Rebukes Cheney: "Don't ... Question Obama's Patriotism" (VIDEO)

On ABC's "Good Morning America" Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was asked whether he agreed with former Vice President Dick Cheney that President Obama has made the country less safe.

"Democrat or Republican," Jindal responded, "we should all agree that our current President ( Read more... )

NEW ORLEANS - Years before Washington spent $787 billion on a national stimulus bill, it staged an unintended trial run in Louisiana, a huge injection of some $51 billion for which historians find few, if any, precedents in a single state.

The experiment is still playing out, but some indicators suggest that what occurred in Louisiana - dumping a ( Read more... )

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Jindal on Obama: I'm 'not nearly as good of a speaker'

• Story Highlights
• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal talks with CNN's Larry King in prime-time exclusive
   
• Jindal says he hopes people judge content of his speech, not just delivery
   
• "I think Rush [Limbaugh] is a great leader for conservatives," Jindal says
   
• Jindal: Republicans became captive to ( Read more... )

Romney picked as 2012 GOP front-runner


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Sinking fast
by Jed Lewison
Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:30:05 PM PST

So Bobby Jindal is locked in a close race with Sarah Palin for...most outstanding Republican liar. The latest chapter in his factually-challenged story about Sheriff Harry Lee: last year he told the story to a group of Iowa Republicans, giving himself an even bigger role in the yarn.

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