- Posted by Christopher Estep on May 28, 2008
The buzz around the blogs is that Conservatives are warming up to Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.
"Bobby Jindal is a great American," Grover Norquist, president of the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), told Cybercast News Service. "He is great on guns, great on taxes, a Roman Catholic, a Southerner and an Indian-American. Bobby Jindal would be great for the GOP and perfect for McCain."
There are a number of compelling reasons to select Jindal and only a few to not select him. The biggest issues would be age and experience, but he has more experience than Obamessiah so that's not as bad after all.
I personally think that Jindal is the only viable veep candidate that can get conservatives excited across the board. Governor Jindal has impeccable conservative credentials and he's young. The whole "Indian-American" thing is a wash, either way. I don't care if he's of Indian descent and I don't think most will either.
Unfortunately, this would be something that conservatives would like, so there's little chance that McCain would pick him. Jindal has said he just wants to be governor, but yeah whatever. They all say that.
Knowing McCain though, I put 5:1 odds that he'll select his old buddy George Hamilton IV, I mean Charlie Crist.
Conservatives Give Jindal Thumbs up as McCain's VP -- 05/28/2008