Do you really think Jindal is running in '12?

[Unsane]

I don't. Too early for him, and it is more difficult to oust an incumbent. He's simply putting his face out there. Obama is an alpha 6'2 male, Jindal is weak and small (5'7) who probably has a weak, wet handshake.

What Obama state would Jindal win? I'd be more concerned with Pawlenty, who could maybe pick up MN (though I doubt it).

[babylonsister]

1. I think a lot depends on how Obama does. All these names floating

in the ether, none are sure things imo.

[Unsane]

Obama is too good of a candidate, and

has too talented of people around him to blow it.

[Uzybone]

2. I think he wants to run

but for many reasons, including the ones you named, he cannot win.

Almost every GOP governor is angling to run, because there is a huge gaping hole in the GOP leadership right now.

[Sultana]

3. .

GDP has become GDJindal.

[ecstatic]

4. That would be an incredibly stupid move

LOL @ the height jab. Crist is the one to watch, IMO.

[emulatorloo]

5. Yes - that explains all the posturing over the stimulus EOM

[Unsane]

6. Could just be a ploy to keep his name out there.

And keep his conservative credentials up.

[DrZeeLit]

7. The GOP hard liners... that 25% who still like W...they will NEVER vote for Jindal.

He's not white enough.
He's from that state where they cause all the problems with those durn hurricanes.
And to them "he's probably a secret Hindu."

(snark...i'm just sayin')

[Unsane]

8. LA isn't exactly a bastion of progress.

And apparently none of this was a problem down there.

[question everything]

9. As we have seen since 2000

An apparent front runner even 2 years before a Presidential elections rarely make it to the finish.

[Clio the Leo]

10. I believe you're on to something.....

..... there's a whole lotta star-struck folks in this picture ....



.... and NONE of them are Barack Obama.

(from the November Governor's Meeting.)

[Unsane]

11. lol great pic, plus notice Jindal's limp beta handshake

[Clio the Leo]

15. Yep and Barack is working him over with the double-handed shake...

... that says "hey! I like you'!" and is apparently pulling him into him in a way that Bobby is having to brace himself on the table.

Whole lotta body language going on in that picture.

[Occam Bandage]

12. Yes, though maybe for RNC chair. Rejecting the stimulus money is clearly aimed

at the national argument, and not at his popularity in Louisiana.

[Thrill]

13. He'll run. The problem is he won't get the nomination

[Drunken Irishman]

14. It's very unlikely a sitting president loses reelection.

It doesn't happen much, especially if the sitting party has only been in power four years.

George Bush, a candidate who couldn't crack 50% approval rating for most of 2004, won. If he can win, so can Obama and that has to sit in the back of Jindal's mind.

[bigwillq]

16. You can hate on him if you want

but why are you hating on him because of his height (which he has no control over)? :shrug:

So only "tall" people can be strong? :shrug:

I can't stand Jindal but why does his height matter and what are you trying to get at with this statement? :shrug: