I must say, Bobby Jindal grows on me more and more as time goes on. For those unfamiliar with Jindal, he is the Governor of Louisiana, the youngest in the US at 36. He was rumored as a favorite to run with McCain as Vice-President. He was even re-elected to Congress in 2006 with 88% of the vote.
On CBS’s Face the Nation, Jindal outlined three things he said the GOP must do to get back on track:
“Number one, we have got to stop defending the kind of spending and out-of-control spending that we would never tolerate in the other side. You know, when voters tell us that they trust Democrats more to cut their taxes [and] control spending, that tells you something is wrong with the Republican Party. We’ve got to match our actions with our rhetoric.
“Number two, we’ve got to stop defending the kinds of corruption we would rightfully criticize in the other party. The week before the election, our most senior senator is convicted on federal charges – and that’s only the latest example.
“Number three, we have got to be the party that offers real solutions to the problems that American voters, American families are worried about. We don’t need to abandon our conservative principles; we can’t just be the ‘party of no.’ We need to offer real solutions on making health care more affordable, on the economic challenges facing families, on the international threats.”
I have to say, the man is dead on with this. McCain lost the election by being a moderate. He failed to clearly offer alternatives to Obama’s solutions and in doing so allowed this to be a referendum on Bush. The GOP needs to go back to Conservatism. Take clear action and speak clearly on policy. Stand against corruption, and I’m not talking about pulling a Pelosi and just talking loudly about fighting a “culture of corruption” while doing nothing.
Jindal could be the GOP’s Obama. He is young and very intelligent. If he plays his cards right, I think he could be a clear front-runner for 2012.
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Written by admin on November 18, 2008
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Great write-up. I love what Jindal has to offer. Hopefully he’ll run in 2012 and give the GOP a chance.
Why did you stop blogging?
Still on a bit of a hiatus while I look for a job. I’m still working my current job until Jan 31, when I will officially be out of work. In addition to that (which can push 60 hours a week at time), I’m still looking for work. Unfortunately it’s been extremely time consuming (even more than I expected).
I’ve got one lead right now where I am a final candidate for a position. I am supposed to hear their decision on Monday. Although the drive would be murder it would be a fantastic position (though I don’t know the salary yet).
When things settle down I’ll be posting again (and I have many reasons to hope that’s sooner rather than later). I just hate making trivial posts without insight, and I don’t think I can do justice on postings since I don’t currently have the time to put into it.
Keep your fingers crossed that things pan out for me soon. I miss blogging a ton, but my priority right now is finding a job so I can keep a roof over my family’s heads.
I am a left leaning Independent, and I just want to say that I hope you are right. What I have read about Jindal and what I have been able to garner on his policy making makes me hope that your party will recognize and get behind the very thoughtful governor, but if your party gets behind Palin as a future leader of the Republican party I would have to dismiss their intentions of reforming the party as frivolous.