While I admit VP would probably be better for her in 2012 because she basically wouldn’t have to do anything. She can’t make up for charaisma for Jindal. He has to have it on the top of the ticket. Look at Bush, Clinton, and Obama. They are people most people would like to have a beer with or whatever. Did McCain have charisma?
Well, Palin's charisma quotient certainly helped the McCain/Palin ticket (not enough, to be sure, but it did add a large number of votes to a lackluster candidate). Jindal certainly has more charisma than McCain (and more of everything else except military service record). Which is precisely why a Jindal/Palin ticket IS "the ticket". It maximizes both brainpower and "starpower".