[Mudbug]

While I might debate you as to whether Mike Foster has a single conservative bone in his body, I did have the pleasure of meeting Bobby Jindal a few months ago, and I agree that he's the best option. He certainly has run smart campaign.

I have to admit being confused when I hear that Jindal is Foster's-protege. Wasn't Jindal one of the principled few who refused to participate in the meeting of the Cabal? And wasn't Foster a part of that Downing selection? Did I miss something?

[Pubbie]

I don't know enough about the intricacies of La politics to comment on the cabal.

[JohnnyZ]

Wasn't Jindal one of the principled few who refused to participate in the meeting of the Cabal? And wasn't Foster a part of that Downing selection?

Naw, that was one of Foster's fishing buddies, some shipping tycoon from Shreveport or something, who put together the Cabal that selected Downer; not a bad idea to narrow down the field, but it just looks bad to have eleven people making the decision (would have been worse but they only narrowed the GOP field to 4, leaving plenty of choice). It's the kind of stuff that always goes on behind closed doors, re who is going to get establishment funding, but it's almost better if it remains private.

Foster has been supporting Jindal from the get-go, along with a lot of other folks of many different stripes. Some have been suspicious of Piyush "Bobby" Jindal because of it, but most of us look on it as the best thing Foster's ever done as governor.