Where did this guy come from and does anyone know anything about him? Is he his own man or is he another puppet of the power structure? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20081107/pl_ynews/ynews_pl147 Quiz: Which young, thin, non-white, Ivy League-educated politician who has a foreign-sounding name and prominent ears is changing the face of politics as we know it? Oh … and whose name is not Barack Obama? Whuh? That’s right, the president-elect may hold a monopoly on current buzz, but some in the GOP are looking to their own whiz kid to lead them out of the proverbial wilderness the Democrats have just left behind. His name is Bobby Jindal, and he’s the 37-year-old Indian American governor of Louisiana. Right now, for most people, handicapping 2012 probably feels like re-watching the previews right after sitting through a 7-hour movie. Yet some Republicans looking to resurrect their party from the ashes of Tuesday’s electoral conflagaration are already turning to the conservative Jindal, at least at the search box. Jindal’s name has surged 350% in searches this week, tied with Mitt Romney and second only to Sarah Palin in 2012-related political queries. Buzz patrons are also reading up on the rising star in a bevy of speculative articles about the future of the GOP. Jindal has consistently stated he's focused only on winning the 2011 re-election in Louisiana. But UPI is already calling the governor and his family “the other Obamas.†Presumptuous, perhaps. But in 2004, who'd have thought that a first-term African American senator with a last name that rhymed with the country's enemy number one and a middle name that matched enemy number two's would be our next president? Stay tuned.
This is why we need to focus on the issues at hand and find us a politician who hasnt had any contributions from special interest groups. ::cough:: :::RP::: sneeze. wheew , that was some sneaze. lol
If Barack does well his first term this is a moot point. Because whomever they choose wouldn't stand a chance. Hell he's so popular right now that he doesn't even have to do great. Just not screw anything up. But then considering the absolute minefield of a mess that this Republican president has left us with, even "not screwing it up" is going to be hard.
They tried that with Sarah Palin and George Bush. They quickly found out that it takes a bit more than just being a governor to qualify you for POTUS. It's a decent foundation, but you have to actually have some brains too. SARAH PALIN 2012!!!
Compare and contrast the corruption in Louisiana politics versus Chicago politics. You don't get to the top of either heap without being owned by the system. $.02
I wholeheartedly disagree. He gave in to the vision of the neocon hawks in the GOP and was very effective in pushing their agenda.
This entire thread is SEXIST! SARAH PALIN 2012. Run Sarah Run!!! Bobby Jindal is Indian so he MUST be an Arab. He probably wasn't even born in the United States!! I demand a vault copy of his birth certificate and a sample for DNA testing! OMG his name isn't even Bobby. His real name is Piyush Jindal. TERRORIST!
Calling the shots already eh? Well don't forget those are elephants you are talking about, not donkeys.
Look Bobby Jindal's initials spell BJ! That is obviously PROOF that he solicits gay oral sex in airport bathrooms! Man I'm just a concerned citizen. Who's the REAL Bobby Jindal?
Yess he would be the correct choice as far as i am concerned. he has turned Luisiana, a hellhole, into a respected state. Also, this guy was leading the state's health system at the age of 24. He has a lot of experience for someone wh is still reelatively toung and definatel a baby a sfar as politics is concerned.