Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Creates Speculation Over 2012
From the shreveporttimes.com (via AP), Governor Bobby Jindal makes moves that some consider the preliminary start to a run for the 2012 general election:
“I told the people of our state we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to change our state, and I want to be a part of that, and I’m thrilled to have this job, and I look forward to running for re-election in 2011,” Jindal said last week.
So, why is he fundraising in Iowa next month, home of one of the stepping stones to a presidential nomination? And why’s he traveling around the country fundraising for himself and other Republicans?
Jindal clearly has his eyes on a bigger political prize.
Jindal will keynote a fundraising dinner on Nov. 22 for the Iowa Family Policy Center’s “Celebrating the Family” banquet, a high-profile Christian conservative event.
When asked about it, the governor deflected talk of presidential hopes. “This is a good group. I was happy to try to help them by speaking at their event. It’ll be helpful for us to build relationships between our two states,” he said.
That didn’t stop political blogs from chattering about Jindal’s political future — particularly if Republican candidate John McCain doesn’t get to the White House.
Bloggers are predicting a Jindal presidential ticket run in 2012, referencing a possible Sarah Palin/Jindal ticket or suggesting a whole list of ways to read into Jindal’s Iowa visit.
“As we have written before, politicians NEVER — we can’t stress this enough — go to Iowa accidentally,” wrote Chris Cillizza, a political blogger for washingtonpost.com.
Jindal, 37, is widely considered a rising Republican star. The son of Indian immigrants and the nation’s youngest sitting governor, Jindal has attracted praise from some of the most prominent names in the GOP.
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has called Jindal “the next Ronald Reagan.” Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich met with Jindal last week and told reporters, “I think you have maybe the smartest governor in this country.”
Jindal’s been praised by McCain and was once considered to be a possible vice presidential running mate.
Add to this the fact that we already know Gov. Sarah Palin isn’t anywhere near finished with her political potential. Redstate.com further fleshes out what the 2012 field might look like.
-Phil
Do not lose heart yet over this recent step toward electing our next president, for we have not truly elected him yet. While vast legions of slightly to vastly uninformed lemmings (including the mainstream media) heartily proclaim, “The One has ascended,†those who understand, and probably care about America’s heritage much more deeply, know that on Tuesday, we did not elect a president. The several states held an election for their slate of electors.
There still exist some fellow patriots, moderate and conservative (although I’m a tad more comfortable bestowing that honorable title upon the latter), who are pursuing this matter within state and federal courts across this land. What was chosen Tuesday by the sheep who are being led to the slaughter, was a slick image, not a man, for very few in this country actually know anything about the man—something that the corrupt Chicago Daley machine, and Obama himself, craftily hid from us. It appears that those who simply don’t care about that have decided for those who do.
I will not posit, at this point, the horrific ramifications of that; yet it appears many in our country would prefer a secular universalistic country rather than the America for which our forefathers fought and lost their lives. That is indeed a sad commentary on just how far away from God we, as a nation, have traveled.
Yes, the heart of the king rests in God hands, but our electoral college has not yet chosen this pseudo-messiah to lead our land. The electorate convenes December 15 to make that decision, and there are still ample legal challenges in place to thwart the theft of this election. Google “obama birth certificate court case.”
Pray that God’s will be done in these matters, pray for our land, and pray that what has just happened will not only be averted, but will never be allowed to happen again. I believe there is still a glimmer of hope, albeit an ever-dimming one.
Dean Haskins