[Hoodlum91]

So far I like what I’ve seen with Jindal. As much as I like Sarah, the national spotlight has not been kind and unless she grows a lot in the next 3 years, I think she’ll fade from the national scene. My biggest fear when McCain picked her was that she was still a bit too green and that the press would destroy whatever great political future was in her cards (as I truly believed was in her cards) before she even got a chance.

I’m hoping I’m proven wrong, but to this point it’s fallen into place exactly as I feared.

Still, I think we have to focus on 2010 first. We need gains in 2 years!

[scooby321]

Palin, Jindal, Michele Bachmann ( she called democrats anti-american on Chrissy show), Eric Cantor all young real Conservatives who should be the face of the New GOP.

[ilgipper]

I am hesitant whether she can recover too, but remember that she had some huge wins this season. She has a lot of work to be a real national contender now, but she has the skills. Her biggest disadvantage is that Alaska is not a good launching stage. No one will think about Alaska again until the next time she is a candidate. Plus, the media will continue to hammer her while she is out of sight.

Remember, too, that Bill Clinton’s big debut in 1998 was a disaster. He had a terrible keynote that put the audience to sleep at the convention. He ended up the President 4 years later. She is a very gifted politician, so she can do it. I am not ready to jump on the Palin bandwagon, but I look forward to seeing her again in the public eye soon. I am sure she will now hit the talk show circuit with more regularity.

[FrankR]

"the national spotlight has not been kind"

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.

The ONLY way to defeat the hard left media in this country is to grow this from the grass roots. That's what obama just did, and it obviously worked!

Sure, he had the press in his corner, but he also had millions out there knocking on doors and standing on street corners hawking his wares.

We need a conservative version of ACORN (minus the corruption) to canvas neighborhoods and get the word out. Given the bent of the MSM, it seems to be the only way.

The civil rights movement started in churches - even though they were not supposed to talk "politics" without losing their tax deduction, they did it anyway.

If the leaders of our churces shudder in fear at the thought of losing a tax deduction, then fear of the government radiates to the congregation, and suddenly we have a bunch of people shivering in their boots to stand up to a corrupt government.

There was a reason for "of the people, for the people, and by the people" - it was to build a country from the ground up as the forefathers knew they would get no quarter from the English. We stood up - together - against them, and built the greatest country in the history of the world - until the mid-50's when the decline started.

Seems we're poised now to just give all that up and give it back to England...who is now almost owned by Muslims.

[Badabing Badablonde]

Agreed. Jindal will have had some executive experience as governor by 2012, and he has also worked inside the Beltway for a number of years. He has the public experience, and his “resume” is quite impressive. I’m for Jindal/???? in 2012.