Another startling occurrance

Seems something amazing occurred whilst I was 'away': Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana.
Now anyone non-white being elected governor anywhere, much less in Louisiana, would be novel. (He's Louisiana's first non-white governor since Reconstruction.)
The fact that he's of Punjabi extraction (though born in Baton Rouge) is even more amazing, especially given the few Indians resident in Louisiana. (Though I suspect, without checking, that he got a significant percentage of the black vote.)
But he's definitely an American now: "The Jindals have three young children, Celia, Shaan and Slade."
Slade? Slade Jindal? Very cool...
The fact that he's a Republican, of course, is really amazing.
I look forward to 2012, when he runs against Barak Obama for the White House... (Assuming that's not, gawd help us, Hillary's attempt at a second term.)