Governors Races
Bob Novak has a quick look at the Mississippi gubernatorial race, which has grown increasingly nasty and personal.
As I’ve noted before, there are three governorships up this year - Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. Since they’ve lost California, Democrats need to win all three remaining races in order to retain their share of the nation’s governorships. That seems unlikely, given that all three races are very tight and Republicans have a slight partisan edge in all three.
The loss of Kentucky would be particularly hurtful for Democrats, since they’ve touted the race as a referendum on the “Bush-Fletcher economy.” President Bush will be stopping by in Kentucky to help Ernie Fletcher, the GOP candidate, who, if he wins, will be the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 32 years.
And then there’s the very interesting Louisiana race, which is just as scary for Democrats because 32-year-old Indian-American conservative Republican Bobby Jindal is winning endorsements from notable black leaders. If Jindal makes inroads into the black vote, he will have figured out a way to eliminate the Democratic advantage in the only state never to have elected a Republican US senator.
— PoliPundit