Name those white male GOP stalwarts. I would bet that a few years ago that list would have included guys like Larry Craig. Conservatives have been sick of the do-nothing party line Republicans for a long time. That's why new candidates who can actually accomplish things get such attention.
Bobby Jindal has first rate reform ideas, conservative bona fides, and political talent. Name me those 15-20 white guys who have all three. At least 15.
I'll start you off: Mark Sanford, Jeb Bush (unfortunately his family name drags him down), Tom Coburn. Now you.
1) Haley Barbour
2) Jeff Sessions
3) Zach Wamp
4) Jim DeMint
5) J Gresham Barrett
6)Marsha Blackburn
7)John Cornyn
8)Eric Cantor
9) Mitch Daniels
10) Tim Pawlenty
11)John Huntsman
12)Trent Franks
13) Duncan Hunter
14) Tom Tancredo
15) Newt
16) Can DeLay come back?
17) Mark Sanford is great but you can have Jeb....I’m done with the Bushes except the model fashion designer niece...lol...if she happened to call
I could go on and on.....I like Jindal but he gets a lot of play for his skin tone. It just seems many so called conservatives are stuck at the same RPM on the identity politics game as the Dems are.
I would support him of course but I just don’t have this urge to support non white candidates for the sake of posturing nor redress.
I am not big on gender picks either but Palin struck me as the most genuine national conservative since Magnus and therefore I unabashedly love her to be candid.
I can keep going on GOP cracker conservatives with good voting records and ideas...hard to say how cool some of them are media wise since they get little airtime as critters or governors.
Google Jindal and count the hits.
The Google say Huntsman or Mitch Daniels, both serious conservatives and see who gets media love.
Is there an ACU rating for governors?