Very valid point, and you could well be right. However, politics is the art of the possible, and he might have had to give a little to get a little.
After all, the voters may well decide to recall some of their pols and/or vote them out next election cycle over this. Also Jindal may learn from this episode. If he doesn’t, THEN toss his assets out. I just hate to hear that the best people we get into office in a generation aren’t cut the slightest bit of slack - especially since we have already seen what we could have gotten more of: typical LA politicians - the best that money can buy.
Judging from the reaction of the Louisiana electorate, this is giving a lot. He's going back on a public promise made to veto the increase. And he's doing so right out of the box. If he folds this early on then the people of Louisiana, and those in the rest of the country watching his performance as Louisiana's governor, have to wonder what he'll fold on next?
Jindal has gotten where he is without having really accomplished a lot other than accumulting an impressive-sounding resume. His time as governor will be his first real challenge, the first time he actually has to practice what he preaches. While the jury is still out, let's just say this first test appears to be a disappointment.