Jindal; A Perfect VP… Or is He?
Kathleen Parker explains why Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor of Louisiana, would be a great VP choice for John McCain… and why he should not accept a possible offer to become McCain’s running mate.
Jindal is intelligent. He’s a real American conservative. He has charisma. He is young (and “looks even younger”). He has executive experience. He can present himself as a true reformer, and to a degree outsider. A rising Republican star, yet not a WASP; his parents are from India. He converted to Hinduism to Catholicism as a high school student.
But… he has only been governor for a couple of months. For him, it would be best to serve his entire term; it would give him more experience, and a better, stronger record. Additionally, one could argue that he could be a future Republican presidential nominee, not merely a VP candidate. If McCain loses in November – and it is possible – even when Jindal is his running mate, the latter’s career will undoubtedly suffer (at least to a degree, and if he is not able to perform well in debates with Obama’s VP candidate more so).
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The Exorcist?
Not the best choice, I would think.
Whenever I see Jindal on TV, he sounds and acts like a used car salesman trying to pitch his party; ‘But wait there’s more, the GOP now has a low-interest rate cashback plan’. I didn’t pay attention enough to know what his policies were, but I really didn’t like listening to him, and don’t understand people who think he has charisma. He needs to stop giving the sales pitch.