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At an event in Arkansas this past Saturday, Governor Bobby Jindal recently said

“The country fired us from our congressional majority in 2006. Why? The country didn’t stop being conservative. The Republican Party did,” Jindal told a gathering of Arkansas Republicans. “We became what we came to Washington to change — the party of earmarks and government spending. The party needs to stop worrying about what to do to fix itself. Let’s worry more about fixing our country. Then the party will fix itself.”

With this being said, it’s also being reported that Governor Jindal will also be giving the GOP response to President Obama’s first speech to Congress. I find this quite interesting on many levels.  Namely, this prominence he’s been taking.  As President Obama did in the 04 DNC conventions it seems as if the Republican party may be testing a new face for the leadership we are in much need of.  I can only hope his response will be Uplifting, idealistic, and filled with enough unity rhetoric to carry him further among the populous.

Congressmen Mitch McConnel and John Boehner had this to say

“Gov. Jindal’s leadership during a time of recovery in Louisiana, his commitment to real government reform, and his protection of hardworking American families make him an excellent choice to offer Republican solutions for the challenges which lay ahead,”

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Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

Politics aside I just finished a remarkable book on Asian racial identity titled “Yellow: Race in America beyond black and white” by Frank Wu and wanted to offer it as a recommendation to our readers here at the AsianConservative. I found it to be stunningly accurate in its portrayal of growing up in America with an Asian heritage. Mr. Wu easily managed to bring an insightful piece together on Asians and their identity, politics, representation, and exclusion from American society. “Yellow” brings a fresh perspective on the often discussed Black and White divide, which I believe forces readers to reconsider what we think that we know about race itself.

I urge you to pick up a copy today and drop us a note on your thoughts and perspectives on what Mr. Frank Wu has started with “Yellow”. Also, as an added bonus, 10% of royalties from the sale of Yellow will be donated to the Leadership Conference on Civil rights Educational Fund and to the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium

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I noticed an Asian man standing behind Barack Obama and Family a few times on TV. Mostly while President Obama watched the never-ending Inaugural Parade from his viewing booth.

It definitely was not Department of Energy head Steven Chu nor do I think it was VA head Eric Shinseki because this guy looks younger. Anyway, if he’s part of Obama’s administration that’s a good sign: Asians, whether conservative or liberal, are getting a foothold in U.S. Politics

Who is this guy? Is he a politician?

Eric Shinseki head of Dept of VA

Also: I’m not a big poetry fan but did anyone else think that the Poet (Elizabeth Alexander) at the end was weak? Robert Frost or Maya Angelou she is not.

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As an effort to help grow Asian Conservative consciousness a current list of conservative Asian politicians would be a most valuable resource to have.  Building this compilation dawned on me when the relatively unknown Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao of Louisiana unseated 9 term Democrat William J. Jefferson.  While I’m a resident of California and not Louisiana, I’m certain that I not only speak for myself but for others in wanting to know the who’s who of conservative politics in the Asian community.  I will be updating this post regularly with updates on Asian politicians as I discover them.  To start out with I am adding local politicians in Silicon Valley.  I encourage my readers to help by submitting people in counties and offices I’ve failed to mention.

California

1. Gwan Alisantosa – Milpitas Unified School District Trustee
2. Grace Mah – Santa Clara County Board of Education
3. T.N. Ho – Santa Clara County Board of Education
4. Raymond Chui
5. Van Tran
6. Naraj Singh
7. Teddy Choi
8. Charles Hahn
9. Hon. Michelle Steel - California State Board of Equalization District 3
10. Janet Nguyen - Orange County Board of Supervisors

Oregon

1. Dave Kim
2. John Lim

Nevada

1. Cheryl Lau

New Hampshire

1. Saghir Tahir

South Carolina

1. Nikki Randhawa Haley

Texas

1. Angie Chen Button

Utah

1. Curtis Oda

Washington State

1. Tan Lam

Louisiana

1. Bobby Jindal - Governor of Louisiana
   
2. Anh “Joseph” Cao

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