6 Comments

• 1. Judith Hofbauer  |  June 6th, 2008 at 1:00 am

  Too young but great. WHAT ABOUT MICHAEL STEELE? Seasoned, conservative, young, “clean and good looking” as Joe Biden would say, and smart as hell. How come no one is looking at him????????

• 2. Joe  |  June 6th, 2008 at 8:24 am

  Geoff,
  If it is Jindal, I think others have predicted that before this post, but I’ll give you credit anyway.

  I think it is going to be Pawlenty from Minnesota.

  He’s [Jindal] Barack Obama with substance and accomplishment.

  What?????? Jindal is 36 yrs old. He spent 4 yrs as a Congressman and 5 months as a governor.
  How exactly is that more substance and accomplishment than Obama?

  Another reason I don’t think it will be Jindal… all those uneducated people that believe/believed that Obama is/was a Muslim might get scared because Jindal looks like he is from that scary region of the Middle East (although he is Indian decent).

  One more point. I personally don’t feel McCain’s age is an issue, but you have to admit that some do feel it is an issue. Jindal would only make McCain look older to those who this matters to. Jindal would be HALF of McCain’s age.

  I’m sticking with Pawlenty as the VP for McCain.
  It is always fun to make this predictions.

• 3. Geoff  |  June 6th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

  His three years as congressman and months as governor is not the totality of his accomplishments. He was also a Rhodes Scholar and served in a major position within the Federal Health and Human Services Department. My accomplishment comment was based upon the fact that within all those positions he has accomplished more–much more–than Sen. Obama has in his three and a half years in the Senate. Sen. Obama has led no major legislation or cause within the Senate and has voted straight down the line with liberal interest groups. This was borne out by the fact months ago when several cable news heads asked supporters and surrogates of Sen. Obama to name one major accomplishment of the senator’s and they conspicuously could not.

• 4. Joe  |  June 6th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  He was also a Rhodes Scholar
  — and Obama was the President of the Harvard Law Review.

  a major position within the Federal Health and Human Services Department.
  — and Obama was a state senator for 8 years.
  Jindal was policy advisor to the Secretary of HHS for less than 2 years.

  I’m not doubting Jindal’s accomplishments and I think he truly is a rising star of the GOP. I think he has tons of potential.
  My issue with your comment is claiming that he has more substance and accomplishment than Obama.

  Regarding Obama’s sponsored bills…

  Obama was also a key co-sponsor of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S.2590) in the 109th Congress, which sought to “require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds” — an amount that approximately totals $1 trillion in federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans. While signing the bill into law on September 26, 2006, Bush recognized Obama as a sponsor of the legislation, saying, “I want to thank the bill sponsors, Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, Tom Carper from Delaware, and Barack Obama from Illinois.” Moreover, in a press release upon Senate passage of the bill, the bill’s primary sponsor, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), referred to the legislation as the “Coburn-Obama Bill.” Indeed, media reports have even referred to the bill as the “Coburn-Obama” legislation or bill.

  In the 110th Congress, Obama has so far been the primary sponsor of 55 bills, including:

  The Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007 (S.117), “to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism.”
  The American Fuels Act of 2007 (S.133), “to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology.”
  The Voter Advocate and Democracy Index Act of 2007 (S.737), “to measure, compare, and improve the quality of voter access to polls and voter services in the administration of Federal elections in the States.”
  The STOP FRAUD Act (S.1222), “to stop mortgage transactions which operate to promote fraud, risk, abuse, and under-development.”
  The Nuclear Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 2007 (S.1977), “to provide for sustained United States leadership in a cooperative global effort to prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, stop the spread of nuclear weapons and related material and technology, and support the responsible and peaceful use of nuclear technology.”

• 5. Geoff  |  June 8th, 2008 at 2:28 am

  Those are all well and good, Joe, but (and this is ultimately dependent upon personal interpretation) none of those qualify as major pieces of legislation or accomplishments. In examining the records and careers of Sen. Obama and Gov. Jindal I must conclude that Gov. Jindal has done more that has made a substantive difference, and I am referring primarily to his superlative job in reconstructing Louisiana in his brief time as governor.

• 6. Jim Beam  |  June 9th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

  Obama is a joke. To coin the phrase Isiah Thomas stated about Larry Bird, “If he was black, he would be an ordinary player.”
  If Obama was white, he would have been knocked out in the first round!
  http://www.dontvoteobama.net