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Big decision for Jindal
 Gov. Bobby Jindal heads into this election weekend of 2011 with his re-election in the bag, but a decision he will make in the near future could have a big impact on how he is judged long after he's no longer governor.
That decision concerns who Jindal will support in the race for president of the Senate.
Not decided by the electorate, the president is chosen among colleagues in the Senate, who seldom are faced with openly choosing between two or more members of the body in a formal gathering of the Senate as a whole. The same scenario plays out in the House of Representatives in picking the Speaker of the House.
Usually the outcome of the Senate president's race as well as the one for Speaker of the House is decided long before lawmakers gather for the first time in Baton Rouge in January following an election cycle. It's then that lawmakers take their oaths of office to begin their four-year terms, and it's also then that they choose the Senate president and the Speaker.
The outcome of those legislative leadership races usually are determined well in advance because the governor gets involved and lets lawmakers know who he or she desires to hold those positions. Governors dabble in the legislative leadership elections because governors want those positions filled by lawmakers who share their political philosophies. That's not always the case, but it usually is.
Accordingly, Jindal is expected to announce in the coming weeks (days maybe) who he's backing to serve as the next Senate president and Speaker of the House.For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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