Jindal is still in his 30’s. He has ruled out a 2012 run. He has a lot of potential, but give him 16 years.
Well, in 16 years he will have been out of office as Governor for 9 years (unless he’s in the Senate by then). Someone 9 years out of office running for President is yesterday’s news, there will be many others of higher-profile holding office in 2024.
Sounds like Jonathan and the guys at Politico are “feeling their oats” coming off the red-hot post election Chuck Todd hottub party.
What they don’t understand, is that getting pub from them, newsweak, daily kos, nbc/pmsnbc, is the antithesis of an endorsement for a conservative. Rather, it is more likely to be an epitaph.
Jindal hasn’t ruled out running in 2040, either. He’d still be younger than McCain was this year.
Who runs in 2012 will depened on how vulnerable Obama is. If it looks like he’ll win easily and he has good poll #s, the economy has improved, etc..., it’ll be Romney vs Huckabee for the sacrificial lamb role.
If Obama pulls a Carter and things go south, you’ll see a whole bunch of folks jump in