The GOP Buzz Over Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

By U.S. News Staff

May 6, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Conservatives are buzzing this week about whether one of the party's young up-and-comers, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, has made presumed GOP nominee John McCain's short list for his running mate.

Democratic strategists, meanwhile, say they'd welcome the contrast between the 36-year-old Indian-American and the 71-year-old senator. "There's a mixed bag on [Jindal]," one high-ranking Democratic Party official told U.S. News. "With McCain, a young vigorous running mate is potentially a negative—it highlights his age."

Jindal, long a darling of conservative talker Rush Limbaugh, has said he doesn't expect to be asked. But his tour in the national spotlight continues this week with a speech Friday at the National Press Club.

—Liz Halloran

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gov. jindal,i hope your not thinking about running for president in 2012 because your one of these brainless rep. can't even think look back threw the past history yoi rep screw up the country and dem. has to strighten it out. all rep. are brainless you will never be president of the united state ever. bobby,your a idiat,you rep. are bad for our country,and all of you rep. are sick,and have no brains. put all of you rep. together there is not one smart one in the hold united states,you rep. should never call youself american you all are all sick in the hed you don't care about nobody but yourselfs.all of you rep. are greddy. and you call your self american. i hope the people of louisiana throw you out of office next time you run. leland dukes

LELAND DUKES of PA 7:16PM February 25, 2009

Jindal is the most unresponsive governor to the needsof his constituents that Louisiana has ever had. As someone who loss three relatives to the incompetency of the office of emergency preparedness in St. Bernard during Hurricane Katrina Jindal refuses to even address my concerns for safety of individuals with special needs. I don't want my family to have died in vain and I fear for the lives of others. The Federal,Sate and local governments are without consequence for their incompetency and history will only repeat itself as long as no laws are inacted to protect the physically & emotionally handicapped invdividuals. I want to discuss with him what steps he is taking to assure that individuals with special needs will never again be left to die. Jindal ask that individuals trust in Louisiana again but he fails to comprehend that in restoring trust in people their concerns must be addressed. I fear the situation hopeless and I don't have a voice. However, what hurts most of all is that my family's lives didn't matter as they were spoken of "no loss to society" and a malicious slang for retardation because of age and mental disabilities- autism and bipolar disorder. I was reminded that Jindal doesn't listen to anyone-not even when there is a recall petition circulating on him. Jindal is a master manipulator making promises to turn Louisiana around without intentions of ever keeping. His greatest betrayal was his stating that he would veto any attempts at a pay raise by Louisiana lawmakers and has allowed Louisiana lawmakers to vote themselves a 37% pay raise when taxpaying citizens like myself are struggling to make ends meet . Jindal does what he wants without consideration of people's needs or wishes. We work in Federal Governments, State Governments, Local Governments and private industry and our expenses too are rising with the prices of oil and shortage of corn and we cannot vote ourselves a pay raise.

Jindal's greatest accomplishment thus far has been giving Louisiana lawmakers a 37% payraise and turning a deaf ear to the wishes of the people of Lousiana who voted him into office.

Linda of LA 11:05PM June 27, 2008

Where do I sign?

Glen of LA 10:31PM June 24, 2008

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