Take a good look at the guy on the left because we will all be hearing alot from him in the near future. This past weekend John McCain invited Bobby Jindal along with Flordia Govenor Charlie Christ and Mitt Romney to more or less interview for Vice President. So today at work I decided to use the taxpayer dollars that are funding my position liberally and do a little research on the name I didn't recognize and found out that this guy could be the future of the Republican party.- He was born to Indian immigrants thus possibly offsetting the racial progressiveness Barak Obama brings to the table.
- He converted to Catholicism in high school and strongly opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest thus bringing in the Sally Kennedy's of this world.
- He is flat out brilliant in that he graduated from high school at the age of 16 and went on to graduate with honors from Brown with a double major in Biology and Public policy and to add icing to the cake he was also a Rhodes scholar(not sure what that is but it sounds impressive)
- At the age of 25 he was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and turned the 400 million dollar deficit of that organization into a 220 million dollar surplus
- At the age of 29 he was appointed as the youngest ever president of the University of Louisiana system
- After barely loosing in his attempt at govenor in 2003 he was elected to the house of representatvies
- In 2007 he was successful in his second attempt at Govenor
I would not bet on Jindal for Vice President because he is young and conventional wisdom in my opinion would be that McCain would choose Charlie Christ to help swing the all important state of Flordia. I would however bet on him announcing his precense to the country by giving the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention as Barak Obama did for the Democrats in 2004. Either way he could be something very special down the road and maybe even as Rush Limbaugh describes him "the next Ronald Reagan."
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Here's an important piece of advice: If it looks like it's going to be McCain/Palin anyway (and that should be a "no brainer" for Team McCain), McCain should announce NOW or VERY SOON, rather than later towards the convention. There's currently a growing chorus for Obama/Hillary (as VP) ticket (in fact the Dems are likely aware of the Palin phenomenon). If the GOP waits while movement for Hillary as VP grows -- even worse until after it is solidified that Hillary will/could be VP pick -- selecting Palin will be portrayed by Dems/liberal media more as a reaction by GOP selecting its own female (overshawdoing Palin's own remarkable assets), rather than McCain taking the lead on this. Selecting Palin now or early (contrary to the punditocracy) will mean McCain will be seen as driving the course of this campaign overwhelmingly, and the DEMS will be seen as merely reacting. And, there's absoultely no down-side to this because even if Hillary is a no-go as VP for Obama, the GOP gains by acting early. McCain the maverick. Palin the maverick. Do it now!
There's no reason, and actually substantial negative, in McCain waiting to see what the Dems do first insofar as his picking Palin as VP, because, no matter who Obama picks, Palin is by far (and I mean far) the best pick for McCain and the GOP, especially in this time of GOP woes. The GOP can be seen as the party of real 'change' (albeit I hate that mantra, change, change, bla bla), while not really having to change from GOP core conservative values, which Palin more than represents.
In light of the current oil/energy situation, as well as the disaffected female Hillary voters situation, and growing focus on McCain's age and health, Palin is more than perfect -- now.
(Perhaps Team McCain is already on to this.)
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