Processing .....please wait.. 
The article has been forwarded.... 
Kashkari Hopes To Emulate Bush In California Governor's Race
WASHINGTON: Indian-American Neel Kashkari is seeking to emulate his one time boss, former Republican President George Bush, as he mounts a long shot bid to challenge California's Democratic governor Jerry Brown.
It was to Bush he turned for advice when in late 2012, Kashkari first pondered the idea of jumping into the governor's race, according to CNN.
For Bush was an underdog when he tried to unseat Texas Governor Ann Richards in 1994, and he ended up winning in that year's Republican landslide,
Bush who went on to win the presidency six years later had in 2008 also entrusted to Kashkari as a treasury department official the crucial job of administering the $700 billion Wall Street bailout at the height of the global financial crisis.
He asked Bush why he had the confidence to run against the tough-to-beat Richards.
"He said, 'The facts were on our side.' He thought that she was light on the subject of issues. He was going to focus on the real issues facing Texas as the time," Kashkari recalled in an interview with CNN.
CNN said "barely anyone believes Kashkari can win in the Democratic state, even in a midterm year that looks more and more hostile toward Democrats."
READ MORE:
Barack Obama Appoints Indian-American To Key Administration Post
Indian Scientist Develops Potential Non-Insulin Diabetes Drug
Source: IANS
