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Asian American politicians battle over high speed rail

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 19:08

Let's call it the Battle of the Bayou. Down in Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal and Congressman Joseph Cao are at odds in a little Republican party battle. Governor Jindal continues to try and court the right-wing for a future Presidential run while Congressman Cao, who is fighting for his political life, tries to appeal to the middle in his uphill re-election bid. Guess which side won?


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Andy Quach Pleads Guilty to DUI

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 09:06

Here's an update on a story we've been covering. Republican City Councilman Andy Quach of Westminster has pleaded uilty to misdemeanor drunk driving charges stemming from an Aug. 2 traffic accident when he crashed his Mercedes S550 into a pole knocking out power to about 300 homes. Quach did not attend the hearing.


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Joseph Cao to host townhall on healthcare tonight

Wed, 08/26/2009 - 09:32

Just got a reminder from our friend Christina Wadhwani in New Orleans. Her organization, the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation is hosting a townhall on health care with Republican Congressman Joseph Cao. Cao is a former board member of this wonderful and important community non-profit. Here is the information


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Joseph Cao teases Democrats, again

Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:53

At a public townhall in New Orleans on Thursday, Republican Congressman Joseph Cao signaled that he was "leaning" towards supporting the Democratic proposal of fixing health care in America.


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Andy Quach Apologizes for DUI... Is it Enough?

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 20:07

Here's a quick follow up to the story of Republican CA Assemblymember Van Tran disrupting the DUI investigations of his friend Westminster City Councilman Andy Quach, 37. On August 1, Quach called Tran to the scene of an accident, after crashing his black S550 Mercedes-Benz into a power pole.


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Grading the Websites of AAPI Candidates: NYC Edition

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 08:48

There are lots of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders running for local, state and federal office all across the country in 2009 and 2010. In hopes of analyzing each campaign’s new media strategy, we’ll be posting a series of entries with their websites and other on-line presence.  (If anyone knows HTML and can help me make this into a pretty grid, please let me know. I eventually want to have one master grid for all AAPI candidates around the country running for office.)


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