McCain about to pick Jindal?

I think Jindal would make a hideous president, but I'm going to give him a pass on the name changing. If I were a kid growing up in Louisiana (or anywhere in this country, probably) with the name Piyush, I'd pick another name too.

 

Oh I don't know, how about the fact that he is the executive in charge of running an entire state and is doing the closest job we have to that of running the country and that is something Obama has never had to do?

 

I hope McCain agrees with every word you just posted and picks him. I truly do.

 

yeah, he's done a heck of a job running that state. When was the last time an executive from a southern state was elected President?

That's worked out well. Jindal is a future star but he has neither the charisma or the ideas Obama has.

Perhaps Jindal will learn how to be against tax cuts before you're for them, against off-shore drilling before you're for it, against Falwell before you're for him.

Obama has been a national figure for 4 years - like it or not, his speech at the 2004 Dem convention is the best since early Reagan.

Granted not worthy of being President but what is the alternative?

 

Um, the last governor or a southern state to get elected?

Bill Clinton?

Jimmy Carter?

Yeah, I can see your point.......

 

Also at the Stadium Sunday with Rudy. I wouldn't read too much into it.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/20/mccain-from-double-a-to-yankee-stadium/

 

Somebody who is younger than I am might be Vice President?
Yep, more evidence life has truly passed me by.

 

Hell, someone younger than me might be President.

I think picking Jindal and then emphasizing his youth and energy will blow up on the Repubes big-time: it will only show, by contrast, how much youth and energy McCain does not have.

The only way that helps the GOP much is if the Dems take a grizzled-old D.C. vet (Gephardt??) as VP, which will emphasize Obama's lack of experience.

It can be a big mistake to select people for your ticket to offset your supposed "weaknesses," because by doing that, you implicitly acknowledge the "weaknesses" are valid.

 

And if he's on the ticket, the Dems hit will use the not-so-subtle reminding the American public about outsourcing to Bangalore...

 

I can't wait to see all the conservatives who insist on using Obama's middle name also using Jindal's real first name.

 

I have no real reason to say this, but I think it's feint.

Romney is the solid, sensible choice and I think it's the choice McCain will make.

That he's finally making a choice even as Barry flits around the Middle East? Priceless.

 

Yeah, Romney makes the most sense. He's younger and more energetic than McCain, but not by so much that the comparison is simply visually glaring.

He's the perfect age (60) to be ready to step in in 2012 if McCain decided to call it quits after one term, and still be young enough at 68 to run in 2016 if he did serve out two terms. And, if McCain loses, he'd be the heir apparent in 2012.