Putting the whole Jindal 2012 thing to rest (in pictures)

The GOP rank and file...I see white people...EVERYWHERE










Bobby Jindal


Thanks for your time.

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I'm astonished some here believe that because they nominated a white Christofascist like Palin, all of the sudden it's some "up with people" movement at the GOP.

And he loves this guy. Scary.

Jindal would have to spend literally months, maybe years, and tens of millions of dollars, explaining to the GOP base he's not Muhammad Atta's long lost brother.

Jindal won in LA for 2 reasons

1. He was Catholic in a heavily Catholic state.

2. He took advantage of the post-Katrina exodus of Democratic voters. The poor people in the population center of New Orleans left. The rich who could afford to rebuild stuck around.

I'm not saying Jindal is a bad guy. He seems competent enough...for a Republican. But I would like to see what Jindal's race for gov. would have looked like had Katrina never happened. I'd bet dollars to donuts it would have been a dogfight against a competent opponent. Of course LA has always been quirky anyway. Edwin Edwards was elected 3 times and he was as crooked as they come.

He also won a Congressional seat in a very white conservative district.

Jindal is a climber, but a lot can happen between now and 2011. There is still a lot of work to be done in the state.

Is he a climber? Sure he is. But there's a ceiling for guys like Jindal in his party. Just ask JC Watts.

He's only 37 right now, by 2016 he'll be 45 with two terms as Louisiana governor under his belt. He'd be foolish to go in 2012 against Obama, 2012 for the Pukes will be finishing the purge of the old guard.

They may well want to frame his as a sort of Anti-Obama. He fits that decently well, he's bright, pretty articulate, and is a true believer in all the core concepts of Reagan/Bush Republicanisim.

They've got nothing, the may have to go the Jindal route as a Hail Mary and risk burning what could potentially their best piece. They've got little in the way of brains and less talent.

Of course they have never really been wise. If they were they'd let Mittens, Huckabee or even Palin take the beatdown from Obama in 2012 and send Jindal up there in 2016 as a fresh face when "Democrat fatigue" has set in.

We're quick to forget the lightspeed change of heart we saw on unwed teenage pregnancy. Some of them will be slow to come around but they'll Jedi mind-trick themselves into loving Jindal. Like Palin, Jindal is a true believer and they can smell that shit. We'll see though, one has to admit that the last picture will be really tough for a lot of them to overcome but they lapped up a woman and her prego teen like water from a desert oasis. I think they can make the jump, they totally love Clarence Thomas.

And one I don't think for a minute they are ready to make in the next 4 years. After another crushing defeat? Perhaps.

And Clarence Thomas is "the help". A Supreme Court justice is a world away from carrying the party as a presidential nominee.

Because that directly violates their belief system. Any others they would accept in the name of diversity. That's part of why Palin was so popular (though women aren't really a "minority").

But they're not there yet. I've already read GOP strategists explaining away the loss to Obama because of depressed GOP (i.e. white) turnout in this cycle. That doesn't seem to indicate they've capitulated just yet.

My guess is they'll nominate another white male or two, take their beatings, and begin to move in that direction. And that will be merely the starting point. It could take a generation.

. . . they'll SURE vote for him in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, etc. So he's a potential pain in the ass. But only if he's an effective governor.

I lived in Louisiana during his rise to prominence. To me he came off like a used car salesman and seems very tied to Right-wing economic ideology. Cutting taxes to the rich. Budget cutting the social safety net. Funding education just enough to avoid embarrassment but not enough to make any improvements.

Louisiana's problems are so deep and so endemic, though, that governors of both parties have had their national aspirations damaged by their terms in office. Remember Buddy Roemer?