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To: carranza2 who wrote (12200)	10/14/2003 9:11:58 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793879

More on Jindal - Washington Wrap _________________________________ Showdown In Louisiana: The two candidates for Louisiana governor meet Tuesday night for the first of two debates before their Nov. 15 runoff election. Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Republican Bobby Jindal will meet as Jindal publicly challenged Blanco to several more debates between now and the election. Blanco, who’s slightly ahead 41 to 35 percent in a poll taken Oct. 7-10 by Market Research and Analysis that was released by the state Democratic party, said that she has a busy schedule and that people don’t watch debates anyway. A poll a week earlier by the Marketing Research Institute had the two tied, with Blanco at 42 percent and Jindal at 41 percent. "Ultimately, very few people watch them," Blanco said of the debates. "They are at off hours, and people are busy. I will do it as my schedule allows. It is not a big issue with me,” she told the Lafayette Advertiser. Blanco was buoyed by other numbers in the most recent poll. Among the 23 percent who said they were undecided, 25 percent said they were considering Blanco, while only 10 percent named Jindal. Jindal has already agreed to participate in nine additional debates. The former Bush administration health care adviser said that debates give voters a chance to judge candidates on ideas, "not on sound bites," reports the Advertiser. He adds that he's not pushing for more debates because he thinks he an advantage in that setting. "I’m told I talk too quickly," Jindal said. Meantime, Blanco hopes to counter Jindal’s support from popular GOP Gov. Mike Foster with her own high-profile endorsements. Democratic Attorney General Richard Ieyoub, who finished third in the primary, will back Blanco on Tuesday, as will the Louisiana AFL-CIO, which endorsed Ieyoub in the primary. cbsnews.com