[bestintxas]

Now just where did we hear those words before? "Read my lips, NO NEW TAXES"

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Jindal’s solution: eliminating $526 million in tax rebates, most notably for the state’s business inventory tax. Norquist’s group blessed the decision, concluding that ending tax rebates would not amount to a tax increase. But that distinction has prompted ridicule from state lawmakers and political commentators on both the right and the left, who accuse Jindal of selling out the state’s tax policy to Norquist. “

Is that what they are calling a tax increase?

What type of ‘rebates’?

[Responsibility2nd]

I’m not sure which is worse. Raising taxes after you said you would not.

Or consulting with Grover Norquist.

[RIghtwardHo]

Jindal’s a loon. Any chance of a real (and smart) Conservative in there?

[caligatrux]

Louisiana state government is really a very different animal, and I don't think you realize how different until you've seen it from the inside.

I like Bobby Jindal as a person, and I generally agree with his political messaging. The actions of his administration, unfortunately, have not always been in line with that political message. He has sought to govern as a conservative, but that conservative vision has not always been put into practice. And the state has suffered for it.

But I'm not prepared to lay all of the blame for that at Jindal's feet. Some, but not all. There are forces close to Jindal working against his conservative philosophy that he has, in the past, acquiesced to for one reason or another.

Also, he made an enemy of the Obama administration pretty early on, and that has had a significant negative impact on the state as well.

Jindal, as a person and a conservative, would make a great president. Unfortunately, I don't think he'd be able to extricate himself from the forces with their own agenda currently in his administration. In fact, I fear he may be more susceptible to that kind of manipulation once in D.C.

With all that said, I'd still vote for him for president in a heartbeat because he's better than any Democrat out there and several of the current Republican candidates.