“He can also connect to minorities.”
That never works for Republicans. I am not even sure what that means. John McCain was supposed to garner the Hispanic vote due to his going to bat for them time after time. Didn’t work.
Couple things...
Jindal seems to have been against the repeal of the Stelly tax?
Why did he lose against Blanco? She was the lame ditz who helped make the Katrina thing much worse. What happened?
Why didn’t he veto the pay raise he said he was gonna stop if elected?
Are you familiar with Louisiana politics? Have there been
many republican governors there lately? I believe Jindal
made a huge leap in Louisiana to get elected as a governor
on 2nd try. On his first run, I recall the dimocrats had lot of negative attacks on Jindal based on his skin color. But
to the credit of LA voters, they recognized the extra-ordinary
qualities in candidate Jindal and elected him.
Dude. Bobby lost to Meemaw prior to Katrina. He was very young, not well known, had never even run for office before, and was a bit of an odd duck for Louisiana. Once Louisianians got to know Bobby better he pretty much swept the State on his second try.
You are right. Jindal would lose the non-white vote just like white Republicans do. He may do it by smaller margins, but in absolute terms it may in fact be worse by the time he runs for President.
If Jindal proves himself as governor, then I would have no problem supporting him, but I can’t help but shake the feeling that many in the party are excited about him simply because he is not white. That in and of itself just goes to show what a demographic hole the GOP has put themselves in by refusing to reduce immigration when they had the chance. Starting with Nixon, or at least with Reagan, they could have corrected the 1965 Immigration Reform act, but they didn’t, and it is now approaching a point of no return.
A minor blip on Jindal's record. Remember, Ronald Reagan lost a race against Gerald Ford. These things happen and good politicians bounce back from them.