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Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal's Values Voter Summit Joke: Anthony Weiner Is Kinda Like A Pedophile!
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) knows just how to crack up the audience at the Values Voter Summit: just make a joke about former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) being a pedophile.
After a long winded speech about all his accomplishments protecting children from sex offenders, Jindal brought it home.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Anthony Weiner, Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
Whether He Wants It Or Not, Bobby Jindal's Got David Vitter's Endorsement
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) reelection campaign just got the prostitution scandal bump.
A few months after Jindal publicly declined to endorse Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) for reelection last year, Vitter is being the bigger person and endorsing Jindal for another term as governor anyway.
Team Jindal told reporters in Louisiana the governor is "appreciative of the senator's support."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2011 Elections, Bobby Jindal, David Vitter, LA-GOV
Roundup
TPMDC Saturday Roundup
Obama: 'Not A Day That Goes By That I'm Not Focused On Your Jobs'
In this weekend's YouTube address, President Obama spoke from the Allison Transmissions plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, a clean ' company, to stress that he is still focusing on the economy in addition to the big news from the past week about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"A lot of folks are still looking for work. And many folks who do have jobs are finding that their paychecks aren't keeping up with the rising costs for everything from tuition to groceries to gas. In fact, in a lot of places across the country, like Indiana, gas is reaching all-time high," said Obama.
"So although our economy hasn't been the focus of the news this week, not a day that goes by that I'm not focused on your jobs, your hopes and your dreams. And that's why I came here to Allison Transmissions. The clean ' jobs at this plant are the jobs of the future - jobs that pay well right here in America. And in the years ahead, it's clean ' companies like this one that will keep our economy growing, create new jobs, and make sure America remains the most prosperous nation in the world."
Topics: 2012 Presidential Primaries, 2012 elections, Barack Obama, Birther, Bobby Jindal, Budget, Debt Ceiling, Gang of Six, George W. Bush, Jon Huntsman, Osama Bin Laden, Pres '12, Roundup, Scott Brown
Bobby Jindal
Gov. Jindal Will Sign Louisiana's Birther Bill If It Gets To Him
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) may have vetoed her state's so-called birther bill, but a spokesman for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Monday that Jindal would sign Louisiana's own version of the bill if it reaches his desk.
"It's not part of our package, but if the Legislature passes it we'll sign it," said Kyle Plotkin, Jindal's press secretary, the New Orleans Times Picayune reports.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Barack Obama, Birther, Bobby Jindal
Bush Tax Cuts
Bobby Jindal: Tax Cut Deal 'Best Legislation' From Congress In Two Years
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) says that, as long as Democrats don't screw it up too much, the tax cut compromise plan set to work its way through Congress this week is the best law that the federal government has enacted since President Obama took office.
"We have a Democratic Congress that doesn't leave office until January 5, taxes are set to go up on January 1 without this agreement, and once Washington raises taxes, it almost never cuts them," Jindal told the National Review. "If we can get this through the Democratic Congress, even with its flaws, it will be the best legislation they've passed in two years,"
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Bush Tax Cuts
David Vitter
Jindal Won't Endorse Vitter -- But He's Endorsed Louisiana Republicans In The Past
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Louisiana's Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, isn't planning on endorsing Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) in his Senate race against Democrat Charlie Melancon.
"Voters can make up their own minds," Jindal said late last week, according to The Advocate.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2010 elections, Bobby Jindal, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, LA-SEN, Senate '10
David Vitter
Jindal Neutral In Louisiana GOP Senate Primary
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Looks like Governor Bobby Jindal is staying out of the Louisiana GOP Senate Primary. In a statement, his spokesman Kyle Plotkin says, "Right now, the Governor is focused on fighting the oil spill and working to lift the moratorium. There will be time to discuss endorsements in the coming months."
Emphasis on the word "months," plural. Asked whether that implies Jindal won't make any political endorsements until after the primary, his staff reiterated the same comment. That takes us past the August 28th primary, and into the general election campaign, when Jindal will surely endorse whomever wins the Republican nomination.
In the meantime, it seems, he'll let Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) fight it out with his new, and formidable, primary challenger, former Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Chet Traylor.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Chet Traylor, David Vitter, LA-SEN, NRSC, Republicans
Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Poll: Louisiana Loves Bobby Jindal -- And Offshore Drilling
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
The new survey of Louisiana by Public Policy Polling (D) finds that despite the disaster created by the BP oil spill, the state's voters still overwhelmingly support offshore drilling.
The poll asked: "Do you support or oppose drilling for oil off the shore of Louisiana?" The answer was support 77%, oppose 12%. In addition, only 31% said that the spill made them less supportive of drilling, to 28% who said it made them more supportive, and 42% for whom it made no difference.
"People are always concerned with their economic livelihood," writes PPP president Dean Debnam. "In Louisiana the economy and jobs are clearly tied to the oil and gas industry. Louisianans seem more concerned about the closure of oil rigs than of beaches."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: BP, Bobby Jindal, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Polls
Roundup
TPMDC Sunday Roundup
Browner Points Finger At BP
Appearing on Face The Nation, White House energy adviser Carol Browner placed the blame on BP for early inaccurate estimates of the size of the Gulf Coast oil spill. "It's important to understand that BP has a financial interest in what those flow rates are. They will ultimately pay a fine based on those rates," said Browner. When asked whether she thought the company lied about initial estimates, Browner replied: "The very, very first estimates came from BP. They had the footage of the plume. The government then did satellite imagery and we realized that those figures were not accurate."
BP's Dudley: Those Weren't Our Estimates
Also on Face The Nation, BP Managing Director Bob Dudley defended the company's performance. "The estimates from the well rates have never been BP estimates. They've been through the unified command center. The best way to estimate those early rates were from satellite picture," said Dudley. He later added: "The current estimates by the government are between 12 and 19,000 barrels a day. The precision on these estimates has always been low. We have designed the spill response for much, much higher rates."
Topics: Arizona, BP, Bobby Jindal, Carol Browner, Colin Powell, David Vitter, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Gays in the military, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Immigration, Luis Gutierrez, Roundup, Sunday Shows
Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Congressional Dems to Jindal: Oh, Now You Want Federal Help?
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R)
The financial costs of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill are just beginning to become a political issue, with Democrats in Washington reluctant to divvy out any more taxpayer funds in an election year, especially for states whose governors have been among the most vocal over the past year in blasting federal spending.
In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has been a vocal critic of federal spending under President Obama, but as the state closest to the undersea leak, he already has requested various forms of federal disaster assistance. He's also anticipating the possibility that British Petroleum either won't, or won't have to under the law, foot the the full cost of all the damages associated with the spill.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) took a swipe at Jindal when I asked during a brief interview this week if Congress was considering any funding to add to what BP will do. "Well you know, here we go. You know, the governor of Louisiana says the federal government should stay out of the state's business," Menendez told me Tuesday night. Jindal's office said they would respond but haven't yet gotten back to me. We'll update if they do.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: BP, Bob Menendez, Bobby Jindal, Debbie Stabenow, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Oil, Oil Spill
Stimulus
Dems To Celebrate Stimulus Anniversary By Slamming GOP Hypocrisy On Bragging About The Cash They Opposed
President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus plan into law Feb. 17, 2009
Next week when President Obama marks the one-year anniversary of signing the stimulus bill into law, Democrats will showcase the Republicans who were against the Recovery Act funds, before they were for them being funneled to their home states.
TPMDC has learned the party will mount an orchestrated effort from the Democratic National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to go after Republicans who voted against the$787 billion economic stimulus plan but take credit for its spending back home.
Obama signed the measure Feb. 17, 2009 with votes from just three Republicans (one of those GOPers, Sen. Arlen Specter, became a Democrat) but members of the opposing party have campaigned on stimulus projects.
A Democratic source told me the party will force both incumbents up for reelection in the fall and Republican challengers to say on the record if they support the stimulus plan, which the White House in tandem will showcase as having created jobs.
"Look for us to be all over this story," the source said.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: 2010 elections, Arlen Specter, Bobby Jindal, DCCC, DNC, DSCC, Eric Cantor, GOP, Hypocrisy, Kit Bond, Mike Castle, Mitch McConnell, Pete Hoekstra, Phil Gingrey, Richard Burr, Rick Perry, Shelley Moore Capito, Stimulus, Tim Pawlenty
Roundup
TPMDC Morning Roundup
Obama To Explain Surge, Exit Plan In Afghanistan
The Washington Post reports President Obama will use his speech on Afghanistan next week to simultaneously explain his plan to increase America's troop presence, and to lay out an exit strategy: "Obama's prime-time address, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, will begin the White House effort to sell his revised war plan -- one leading scenario calls for sending 30,000 additional U.S. troops -- to powerful skeptics within his party, reluctant allies abroad and an Afghan public uncertain whether international forces or the Taliban will win the war."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will hold the annual turkey-pardoning ceremony, at 11:35 a.m. ET in the Rose Garden. In the afternoon, the First Family will participate in a service event in the Washington area.
Topics: Afghanistan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Colin Powell, Dick Lugar, Nancy Pelosi, Patrick Kennedy, Roundup, Ted Kennedy
ACORN
Jindal Ends Non-Existent State Funding of ACORN
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA)
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) is getting on the anti-ACORN bandwagon established by Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), who is of course a potential presidential candidate. This is to say, Jindal is ending the non-existent state funding of the controversial group.
From the Times-Picayune:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order to keep any state money from going to the controversy-wracked Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which has its national headquarters in New Orleans.
According to the state's Division of Administration, no state agencies have existing contracts with ACORN.
The Louisiana Republican Party has put out a press release celebrating the event: "Jindal Issues Order Ending Funding of ACORN"
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: ACORN, Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
Jindal Not Challenging Vitter -- But Not Praising Him, Either
Now this is odd. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has again ruled out running for Senate in 2010, which would involve challenging scandal-plagued GOP Sen. David Vitter in the primary -- but he's not giving any enthusiastic endorsements of Vitter, either.
"Well a couple of things, first (Sen. David) Vitter's going to have to make his case with the voters, just like every candidate does," Jindal said, when asked by a reporter about a possible candidacy. "There's been a lot of speculation. Let me answer your question very directly, I'm not running for the senate, I'm running for re-election as governor in 2011, but David's going have to make his case with the voters directly just like any other candidate's going to have to do that."
Now that's a strong vote of confidence.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Bobby Jindal, David Vitter, LA-SEN, Senate '10
Bobby Jindal
Jindal As GOP Health Care Spokesman -- Look At His Record
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) has become a prominent critic of President Obama and the Democrats recently, appearing on TV and writing newspaper columns warning against a government takeover of health care. "When government bureaucracies drive the delivery of services -- in this case inserting themselves between health-care providers and their patients -- quality degradation will surely come," Jindal wrote in a recent column for the Wall Street Journal.
But underneath the air of expertise -- he's a former state health secretary -- it's important to consider that that there is a long-running ideological commitment here. The thing about Jindal is this: Over his public career, he has consistently opposed any expansion of government health care, and has even tried to cut, eliminate or partially-privatize existing programs.
For example, his budget plan this year calls for cuts to existing services; he used his line-item veto to force the closure of the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital; and he successfully opposed an increase in the state's relatively low cigarette taxes, which would have funded state healthcare.
And this also goes back to before he was governor, too.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Health Care
Bobby Jindal
Poll: Louisiana Voters Don't Want Jindal To Run For President, But He Would Carry The State
A new survey of Louisiana from Public Policy Polling (D) has some mixed news for Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal: A huge majority of Louisiana voters don't want him to run for President in 2012 -- but if he does run, he should expect to carry the state by a wide margin, anyway.
The numbers: Only 27% say he should run, to 61% against. Among Democrats this is 15%-78%, but even Republicans only favor it 43%-39%, and independents are against it 24%-62%.
However, Jindal would defeat President Obama for this red state's electoral votes, by a solid margin of 54%-40%. Sarah Palin would carry the state, too, leading Obama by 49%-42%.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Pres '12, Sarah Palin
Bobby Jindal
Jindal Supporters Form Presidential Draft PAC
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that a group of Bobby Jindal supporters in Louisiana have set up their own PAC, called the Jindal For President Draft Council Inc., to urge the Louisiana Governor to run for President and to build up support for him across the country.
Rama Mohanty, one of the lead organizers, said that Jindal's people are not involved with the draft PAC, but they are aware of it. "They are supportive of what we are doing," said Mohanty.
Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin indicated differently, though. "The governor has said that he has the job he wants, and he hopes to be re-elected (in 2011) to continue to move Louisiana forward," Plotkin told the Times-Picayune. He added: "It's flattering, but the governor does not support this effort. This is a distraction from the critical issues that we face, and the governor will not be involved in any capacity."
(Via Newsmax.)
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Pres '12
Barack Obama
TPMDC Saturday Roundup
Obama Discusses International Cooperation
In this weekend's YouTube address, President Obama discusses the importance of international cooperation for problems such as the economic crisis, nuclear proliferation, disease and other issues:
"These are challenges that no single nation, no matter how powerful, can confront alone. The United States must lead the way," said Obama. "But our best chance to solve these unprecedented problems comes from acting in concert with other nations."
Pawlenty Talks Taxes In RNC YouTube
In this week's RNC YouTube address, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty uses the weekend before tax day as an occasion to discuss the tax burdens faced by families and businesses:
"I urge President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress to let hardworking American families keep more of what they earn by cutting taxes and reining in spending. It's just common sense," said Pawlenty. "I'm sure you will agree, especially on April 15th when your taxes are due."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, George W. Bush, Mark Sanford, NY-SEN, Sarah Palin, Senate '10, Tim Pawlenty
Bobby Jindal
Alaska GOP Senator Smacks Jindal: "Monitoring Volcanoes is Critically Important"
"Recently there were some comments made about federal spending for volcano monitoring being wasteful," Murkowski said from the Senate floor, without naming Jindal directly. "I can assure you that monitoring volcanoes is critically important to the nation and especially to my home state of Alaska."
In Jindal's speech, he said: "While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes ... $140 million for something called 'volcano monitoring.' Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, DC."
The massive eruptions from Mount Redoubt were serious enough to cancel all airport service in and out of Anchorage for several hours -- even though the city is about 100 miles away from the volcano. Memo to Bobby Jindal: "Volcano monitoring" in some parts of the country is not all that dissimilar from "hurricane monitoring" on the Gulf Coast.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (8)Topics: Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
DNC: Jindal Has Turned To Limbaugh As His New Speechwriter
The Democratic National Committee released this statement today, in response to Bobby Jindal's remarks last night attacking Democrats for demanding that Republicans not want President Obama to fail:
"We understand that Governor Jindal has had some problems with public speaking lately, but turning to Rush Limbaugh to be your new speechwriter doesn't help. What we know has failed is the reflexive partisan politics of the past that Rush Limbaugh and his Republican party continue to be mired in. Rather than rooting for failure, we urge the Republican party to play a constructive role in moving the country forward and offer a budget proposal," said DNC National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan.
The Dems clearly like calling the Republicans the Party of Limbaugh -- and the Republicans keep on giving them the openings to do it.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Rush Limbaugh
Barack Obama
TPMDC Morning Roundup
Jindal: Do I Want Obama To Fail? It Depends
At an NRCC dinner last night in Washington, Bobby Jindal blasted Democrats for demanding that Republicans not want President Obama to fail. "Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, 'Why no sir, I don't want the president to fail,' is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism," said Jindal, going on to explain the bottom line: "My answer to the question is very simple: 'Do you want the president to fail?' It depends on what he is trying to do."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama is meeting in the Oval Office with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at 10:45 a.m. ET. At 1 p.m. ET, he will meet on Capitol Hill with the Senate Democratic Caucus, where he is expected to discuss his budget proposal. At 5:05 p.m. ET, he and Vice President Biden will host an event in the East Room to commemorate Greek Independence Day. And tonight he will speak at two DNC fundraisers: An 8:15 p.m. ET event at the National Women in the Arts Museum, and at 9 p.m. ET in Warner Theater.
Topics: Bailout, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Budget, Dick Cheney, Eric Cantor, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden
Barack Obama
TPMDC Morning Roundup
Geithner, Bernanke To Face House Committee Today
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be appearing at a 10 a.m. ET hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. The two are expected to be grilled by members of both parties over the AIG bonuses.
Obama's Day Ahead -- And Press Conference Tonight
President Obama will be making a call at 9:40 a.m. ET from the Oval Office, accompanied by middle school students from the Washington area, to congratulate the astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery. At 11 a.m. ET, he will be meeting in the Oval Office with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to discuss such issues as the financial crisis, climate change, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arms control. At 8 p.m. ET, Obama will hold a news conference from the East Room.
Topics: Bailout, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Stimulus
Republicans
Viguerie on Steele and Rush
Richard Viguerie is one of the founders of the modern conservative movement. He's not the player he once was but he still carries clout and I think actually makes a reasonable point about the current crisis of leadership in the GOP. Congressional Republicans haven't really seized the leadership mantle so it's been left to the likes of Steele and Rush. He just released this statement:
Broadcasters and commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage are seen as the de facto leaders of the Republican Party for a simple reason, Richard A. Viguerie said today: "It's because no one else is acting like a Republican leader.""The 'Rushification' of the GOP is the natural and inevitable result of the fact that those who are supposed to provide leadership - Republican elected officials and party officers - are doing little to bring the party back," said Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com.
"Nature abhors a vacuum, and there is no vacuum in nature as empty as the leadership of the Republican Party today."
Said Viguerie: "The GOP absolutely refuses to replace the Congressional leaders who helped get the party and the country into this mess. There are many Republican governors campaigning for the Obama 'stimulus' plan that is wrecking the economy and will push America deeper into socialism. Governor Jindal's speech was technocratic, without passion and toothless, and Michael Steele's foolish attack on Rush Limbaugh will, I'm sure, cost the party many millions in contributions."
The anger of grassroots conservatives continues unabated at the weak-kneed, spineless, earmark -loving Republicans.
In contrast to GOP officials, "Limbaugh and Hannity and most all of their conservative colleagues have something to say. They actually believe in something. They have the confidence of their convictions. They don't cower in fear of the President's popularity. They know that his popularity is built on the sand of false promises and false premises. Like Ronald Reagan facing the Soviet Union, they know how this story ends."
Even Jim Cramer of CNBC, who isn't a conservative, is providing more honest and outspoken leadership than the 'loyal opposition' about how Obama's policies are destroying the life savings of Americans.
"Americans are already beginning to realize that the new president is every bit as reckless and extreme as conservatives said he was," Viguerie said. "But the Republican Party can't get any traction, because the party leadership is as confused and clueless as the Obama administration."
Had Jindal not blown his speech or in Palin had been more out there during the last week--she chose to skip the National Governors Association meeting and the Conservative Political Action Conference--then she might have more of the mantle now. As it is, nature does abhor a vacuum.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Michael Steele, RNC, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh
Bobby Jindal
Jindal Calls Limbaugh A "Great Leader" For Conservatives, Is Glad Steele Apologized
Check out this excerpt from Bobby Jindal's appearance last night on Larry King Live. Jindal was asked about Rush Limbaugh's declarations of wanting President Obama to fail. He not only couldn't bring himself to repudiate Rush's remarks, but also praised Rush as a "great leader for conservatives" -- and he said he was glad that Michael Steele had apologized for taking a shot at him:
King: All right, governor, here was Rush Limbaugh at this weekend's CPAC Conference. Watch.
Rush Limbaugh: What is so strange about being honest and saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? Why would I want that to succeed?
King: Governor, do you think people are thinking about capitalism now or are they thinking about problems?
Jindal: Look, clearly, the American people are worried about paying their mortgages, keeping their jobs and paying their health care bills. I think Rush is a great leader for conservatives. I think he articulates what a lot of people are concerned about.
King: Do you want him [Obama] to fail?
Jindal: I don't want those policies to be adopted. I want my country to succeed, but I don't want policies to be adopted.
King: What if the policies work?
Jindal: Well, again...
King: What if they work?
Jindal: This is where we have a fundamental disagreement. I don't think it's going work ... to spend in excess of our revenues.
Jindal also responded to Michael Steele's recent flap about Limbaugh: "I'm glad he apologized. I think the chairman is a breath of fresh air for the party. As I said before, I think Rush is a leader for many conservatives and says things that people are concerned about."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh
Pres '12
Poll: GOP Field For 2012 Wide Open, Palin Has Small Lead
A newly-released CNN poll, conducted just over a week ago, asked Republicans their choice for the 2012 nomination: Sarah Palin 29%, Mike Huckabee 26%, Mitt Romney 21%, Bobby Jindal 9%, Someone Else 10%. The margin of error is ±4.5%.
Bear in mind this poll as done before this week's address to Congress by President Obama -- and thus before Jindal's response speech.
So who knows what impact the speech has had on Jindal's numbers. It raised his name recognition, certainly -- but it wasn't exactly a good speech, and he's been ridiculed on all the late-night comedy shows. That, and it obviously predates today's news that he completely lied during his speech about his experiences in Hurricane Katrina.
Then again, Rush Limbaugh has been rallying the Republican base against the liberal media's ganging up on Jindal, and also against the Republicans who have joined in.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Pres '12, Sarah Palin
Bobby Jindal
Jindal Speech Gets Bad Reviews -- On The Right
The reviews have been coming in on Bobby Jindal's response speech to President Obama's address to Congress, and he's getting a lot of negative feedback ranging from the content to the awkward delivery -- and that's from a lot of conservative outlets.
David Brooks was decidedly nonplussed:
"But to come up at this moment in history with a stale 'government is the problem,' 'we can't trust the federal government' -- it's just a disaster for the Republican Party," said Brooks.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (3)Topics: Bobby Jindal
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