Quite obviously about 2016 . . . Gov. Jindal comes through.
Louisiana gov. defies Christie, helps cash-strapped Astorino
By Fredric U. Dicker
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August 11, 2014 | 3:11am
Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal has become the first Republican governor to defy Chris Christie by helping cash-strapped Rob Astorino raise funds to challenge Gov. Cuomo, The Post has learned.
Jindal, like New Jersey’s Christie a potential presidential candidate in 2016, agreed last week to host a big-ticket fund-raiser for Westchester County Executive Astorino in Manhattan on Oct. 16, 2¹/₂ weeks before Election Day and in time to help fund a last-minute TV blitz to bolster Astorino’s financially hard-pressed campaign.
“Gov. Jindal believes this race is winnable by Rob, and he wants to come in, and he’ll be doing the fund-raising event for us,’’ Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud told The Post.
“He has a very good donor list in New York City, and he’s going to be very helpful,’’ she continued.
Jindal’s decision is a “shot across Christie’s bow, and there’s no love lost there,’’ said a prominent New York Republican.
Two paragraphs later, we find out that Mike Pence of Indiana, Rick Perry of Texas, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin (who is embroiled in a fight of his own, to keep his governorship) are raising, or have raised, money for Astorino. Good on them.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/11/louisiana-gov-defies-christie-helps-cash-strapped-astorino/
