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[Louisiana Governor] Jindal rises in GOP's next generation
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune ^ | November 6, 2008 | Jan Moller

Posted on 11/06/2008 6:20:19 AM PST by Ebenezer

Ousted from power, party now turns to fresh faces

BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal is among a short list of Republicans whose political stars stand to rise as the party looks for new ideas and leadership in the wake of Tuesday's landmark Democratic victories.

With the GOP out of power in both the White House and Congress for the first time since 1992-94, analysts expect attention to shift to the states, where many Republican governors remain popular with constituents despite the national repudiation of presidential standard-bearer John McCain and the GOP losses in Congress.

"This party is going to take on a new face and new leadership and younger leadership and he would seem to fit that bill pretty well," Jennifer Duffy, a senior editor with the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, said of Jindal. "Right now it's a party without a leader, so there's a great void to be filled."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bobbyjindal; gop; jindal; louisiana
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To: Ranjit

I like Jindahl and think he would be an excellent choice for President or Vice President. I just happen to feel, on a personal level, that we are continuing to allow that pile of crappola...the media...to dictate our candidate....Sarah Palin didn’t have a chance...the media used the most disgusting tactics to hurt her...she wasn’t ‘taught’ anything about the reality of the lower 48 and it’s meaness in politics....think about it...she was given the nod...accepted it...all within a week or so of the convention...and then bang...out on the trail...what kind of preparing someone is that? McCain picked her because she is attractive, popular, intelligent and a WOMAN...but he didn’t do anything to keep her like that and make her a Vice President...but, then, we know him...the Maverick (excuse me I just choked on my coffee)...he wouldn’t have allowed her to be a real officer in his administration....he would have used her as women have been used many times...a pretty thing on his arm. Bobby Jindahl...right now...a good choice in my book....but Sarah Palin should not be pushed out the door because that jerk with her didn’t win.


61 posted on 11/06/2008 7:06:16 AM PST by imfrmdixie
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To: rrstar96
I love all of this energy. But I just heard the news on Fox it sounds like the economy/stock market will tank.

What scares me the most is Obama appearing to save the world all anti christ like with globalization and his global povert act.

Foreign leaders are pushing globalization with Bush right now. What will Obama do?

62 posted on 11/06/2008 7:06:37 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: mc6809e

and where did you get all your information?


63 posted on 11/06/2008 7:07:42 AM PST by imfrmdixie
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To: All

Did they pick Sarah instead of Jindal because they figured they were going to lose, and rather than attach Jindal, and harm his chances in 2012, they chose Sarah, and essentially set her up? She took the challenge because she is true servant, and saw it her duty. But now I’m just wondering.


64 posted on 11/06/2008 7:11:19 AM PST by Madeleine Ward (.)
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To: FrankR

“National Spotlight = MSM

The one thing we have to worry about is thinking that what the press says and thinks, is what the people say and think.”

That is true on FR and other conservative sites, but there are still many people who only get their news from the MSM and parrot what they are told. That’s why the Fairness Doctrine is so powerful. While we care enough to find out the truth behind the media spin, lots of voters don’t bother and just take what they are told.


65 posted on 11/06/2008 7:12:20 AM PST by Hoodlum91 (There's a strange odor coming from the White House. Smells like BO.)
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To: Ranjit

“I’ve often thought that the founding fathers got it right,” Jindal said. “They wanted the states to be laboratories of experimentation, and they wanted the federal government to learn from what works in each of these states.”

Jindal blamed this year’s GOP’s losses on the party straying from the themes of fiscal conservatism, anti-corruption and policy innovation that worked in the previous decade. “You can’t beat something with nothing,” Jindal said. “For too long it seemed the Republican message was, ‘vote for Republicans because the other side is worse.’ And that’s simply not a good enough reason to win elections.”

Jindal gets it and he’s smarter than most Republicans twice his age. I suspect that Jindal and Palin, regardless of what office they run for, will be the true leaders of the GOP for a long time.


66 posted on 11/06/2008 7:13:38 AM PST by JenB987
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To: areukiddingme1

http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_growingup.aspx
http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx

Rhodes Scholar. reformed medicaid, congressman and now governor. Dealt with Hurricane Gustav.


67 posted on 11/06/2008 7:15:24 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: Madeleine Ward

It’s possible, but I’m pretty sure Jindal didn’t want the job. He’s a very young first term Gov. and I think he knows better than to get caught up in the national scene when his ideas and resources are better set in Louisiana for now.


68 posted on 11/06/2008 7:16:37 AM PST by JenB987
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To: rrstar96

I am not sure we will ever see a white male US President ever again.


69 posted on 11/06/2008 7:16:41 AM PST by carjic (I would crawl over a mile of "Broken Glass" to vote for Palin!!!)
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To: greedo

Ted Stevens?


70 posted on 11/06/2008 7:17:31 AM PST by moose2004 (Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drll And Then Drill Some More)
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To: teacherbarbie

But he’s articulate and very, very bright.


71 posted on 11/06/2008 7:18:11 AM PST by moose2004 (Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drll And Then Drill Some More)
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To: mc6809e

Palin was dan quayled. It is depressing and sad but true.


72 posted on 11/06/2008 7:19:19 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: moose2004
YES!

McCain and both Bushes cut in line ahead of Ted Stevens.

IT'S TED'S TURN. STEVENS/PALIN 2012

73 posted on 11/06/2008 7:20:21 AM PST by greedo
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To: Madeleine Ward

bobby was also tied up with a hurricane at the time.

Maybe mccain knew he was in a no win situation, with Bush on one hand and superstar Obama, the MSM and $650 million on the other. So what can you do if you know it’s inevitable? Give up and wipe out the entire downticket?


74 posted on 11/06/2008 7:21:55 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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To: rrstar96
Jindal would be a nice pick but I have concerns about that exorcism thing and the media running with it...my choice, Mike Pence:)
75 posted on 11/06/2008 7:22:04 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: JenB987
Jindal will be the Clinton of the GOP. Obama just lowered the rope on the experience subject.

Jindal 2012

Obama GOD FORBID will be briefed TODAY on nat security.He will HAVE to put this first while he drags this nation to a depression.

76 posted on 11/06/2008 7:23:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: TornadoAlley3
The exorcism thing is OLD news.

SO WHAT, he witnessed evil first hand.

77 posted on 11/06/2008 7:24:57 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Ranjit

If palin is serious about 2012, come out and talk to the media. She needs to clear the issue. Don’t allow people to talk for 48 hours and it will be Tina Fey again. Someone is giving materials to SNL

Palin is history guys, maybe a senate seat but nothing else, the media has destroyed her beyond repair, too many people alreday bought what the media was selling, time to move on.


78 posted on 11/06/2008 7:25:00 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: McCainPalin_08
Picture what the media did to Palin and picture what they will do with that. I love Jindal, would vote for him for sure, but the fact is they will portray him as something from a Linda Blair movie and we must be prepared for that. I am not ruling him out, but he and GOP better get out in front of that and be prepared if he is our guy.
79 posted on 11/06/2008 7:26:59 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

well...it may be that Alaska is the only state that won’t go into recession.


80 posted on 11/06/2008 7:27:52 AM PST by ari-freedom (So this is how Liberty dies... with thunderous applause)
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