I'm not a betting person, and if I was, I still wouldn't bet against Piyush...but this can't be considered particularly good news for Camp Jindal, despite their protestations to the contrary (that they "expect" a runoff):
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Republican Bobby Jindal still has a strong lead in the governor's race, but it is unclear whether he can win on Oct. 20 without a runoff, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The poll by Southeastern Louisiana University's Social Sciences Research Center gave Jindal, a congressman from Kenner, 46 percent of the support of registered voters, followed by state Sen. Walter Boasso with 10 percent, New Orleans-area businessman John Georges with 9 percent and Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell with just under 6 percent.
Campbell and Boasso are Democrats, while Georges is running as an independent.
But the poll found that 29 percent of the voters surveyed either were undecided or refused to voice a preference, which pollster Kurt Corbello called surprising with only a few days left before the election.
When the undecided "leaners" were counted, Jindal came up with slightly less than 50 percent, followed by Boasso with 11 percent, Georges with 11 percent and Campbell with 6 percent. Under that calculation, 22 percent were either undecided or refused to state their preference.
So, while the Jindal Camp insists they aren't counting any chickens before they hatch, there's always the possibility that a few birds long since out of the shell might be coming home to roost. Regardless of what they claim, in a runoff, all bets are off...
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