Professor Pitney said it best in Politico.
“Obama gave a polished performance, as usual. Jindal’s act needs a lot of work,” said John J. Pitney Jr., a political science professor at California’s Claremont McKenna College. “His basic message was sound but his language was hackneyed and his performance was wooden. Fortunately he has a lot of time to improve his delivery. In the year 2040 he will still be younger than McCain was in 2008.”
What Pitney said.
Might Jindal's weakness as a speaker be his strength against Obama? Here's the slogan: He's not a talker, he's a doer. By then, I wager that Obama will have given hundreds of speeches and the American public will be tired of speechifying and spending.
Of course when the debate between Obama and Jindal rolls around, I predict Jindal will mop the floor with him. And he'll be able to say to Joe Biden, who made a very racist remark, "See, I don't run a 7-11."
That's the kind of humor that would serve him well. Humor shows confidence. Reagan knew that. Romney and Jindal should take note.
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I agree that his speech was terrible last night but Gov. Jindal will not be able to run a successful campaign against Obama in my opinion. He has done a terrible job in Louisiana, allowing the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA) to pass (an antievolution law) and passing a ban on funding for cloning, which has led entire scientific communities to boycott Louisiana (such as The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology)
Besides that, Jindal is a corrupt hypocrite. Last night he claimed that the earmarks for the LA-vegas railroad line was inane and wasteful. Today, he travels to Disneyland, wasting cash and "carbon credits" which could have been spared if there was a high speed line. I do understand that this argument is weak, but a politician should have the know how to NOT go to a place the day after you falsely criticize funding for it. (The plan specifically states that the 8 bln must be won over, and it isn't earmarked)
If you want a politician who doesn't believe in science and who doesn't have the sensitivity to not seem like a hypocrite, Jindal is your guy. However I assume you are one of those "new conservatives" who actually believe in science and who actually believe in accountability. If you want that, Jindal is not your guy.
further proof that he is a liar
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/jindal_admits_katrina_story_was_false.php?ref=fp1
Remember that story Bobby Jindal told in his big speech Tuesday night -- about how during Katrina, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with a local sheriff who was battling government red tape to try to rescue stranded victims?
Turns out it wasn't actually, you know, true.
And here's what actually happened. http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/27/the-obligatory-nutroots-tries-to-smear-jindal-over-katrina-post/
Charles, that link doesn't talk about this particular story. It talks of a vague time when Jindal met with Lee a day after the storm. It doesn't refer to the particular time Jindal is talking about. Regardless of this ambiguity, you failed to address the anti science arguments above. Even if Bobby Jindal was the hero of Katrina, he still is an anti science puppet for the ID movement. Hardly what I'd call the future of the republicans.
The carbon credits argument isn't worth addressing as it doesn't address the costs that a high speed line would lead to.
As for being "anti-science," I'm a federalist on education policy and I don't much mind that evolution is or isn't taught in our public schools. Jindal is right on charter schools and school choice. Ideally, we wouldn't have any government run schools.
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