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JINDAL'S PROBABLY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
It's hard for me to believe that McCain couldn't have made a better pick than Palin after watching this projectile nonsense (see Ezra for a fuller analysis):
Bobby Jindal might not have generated quite as big an initial bump as Palin, for example, but he certainly would have generated public interest and pleased the base just as much as Palin -- plus he's capable of speaking in complete sentences.
--Sam Boyd
COMMENTS (7)
I think McCain's advisors told him that he needed a woman on the ticket. But he's a sexist who can't deal with truly powerful women -- like Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Condoleezza Rice or Elizabeth Dole. So he found one who was clearly beneath him in talent, knowledge and experience, with no threat of overshadowing him or questioning his authority.
Posted by: captcrisis | September 25, 2008 4:24 PM
Also, consider that Palin fights witches, but Jindal fights demons, which probably cut a little too close to the bone for McCain and his staff.
Posted by: T Paine | September 25, 2008 4:31 PM
Who knows about Jindal? Take them out of their home state and they turn into idiots.
Posted by: CParis | September 25, 2008 4:54 PM
Jindal has more hands-on experience with witchcraft.
Posted by: Danton | September 25, 2008 5:13 PM
Jindal would never have been chosen against Obama for the same reason that Palin would never have been chosen against Hillary: it would have neutralized the bigot vote.
Obama isn't going to run on coded sexism and Hillary would not have run on coded racism, but McCain is clearly comfortable doing so. Were Hillary at the top of the ticket, Jindal would have been a shoo-in: there would be a subtly (or not) sexist focus to the primary messaging, with a secondary message that the Democratic party took minorities for granted. The bigots could probably be won back (they'd never vote Hillary), and inroads would be possible among minorities rather than women.
But Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Jindal (or Hillary/whoever vs. McCain/Palin) offers no wedge. It was never a possibility.
Posted by: Mike B. | September 25, 2008 5:16 PM
Jindal? Please. Putin don't fly over freakin' Shreveport on his way to the US, buddy.
Posted by: Glenn | September 25, 2008 5:48 PM
Jindal is too smart to want to get mixed up in this year's election cycle. He's gotten good press over his handling of the latest hurricane.
He'll get a full term of governorship of LA in first, building up some reformer cred (hey its LA, anything that doesn't involve bribery is considered reform), then probably do a trial presidential run.
Posted by: Dazir | September 26, 2008 2:56 AM