Quote of the Day

"BESE races are where it's at"

-- Bobby Jindal's outgoing Chief of Staff, home-schooled privatization advocate, Timmy Teepell

That and much more on the BESE run-offs at Daily Kingfish where we find this fascinating list of donors to Kira Orange Jones who is a favorite of both Jindal and Mitch Landrieu.

DAVID GERGEN, Alexandria‎, ‎VA -- $2,500 (yes, that CNN guy)
LAWRENCE STUPSKI, San Francisco, CA-- $2,000 (former head of Charles Schwab)
DARLA MOORE‎, Fort Worth, TX -- $5000 (major GOP donor, George W. Bush Friend)
KATHERINE BRADLEY‎, Washington, DC -- $2,500 (wife of publishing magnate who owns The Atlantic)
GREGORY PENNER‎, Arkansas -- $5000, twice (from he and his wife, Walmart Board member)
Bloomberg Revocable Trust -- $5000 (trust also gave $100k to ABC PAC)