By John Stark
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has had some time to reconsider his sharp critique of his own party, which we blogged here . He seems to have decided to keep those critiques coming.
Jindal was quick to respond to Mitt Romney’s remark that Obama bought victory at the polls by “gifts” to minorities and young voters.
“I think that’s absolutely wrong,” Jindal said. “We have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent.“
Jindal may not be alone in those sentiments. He was speaking on a public panel alongside Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, whose battles with public employee unions made him the target of much animosity. Walker seconded at least some of what Jindal was saying.
The Republican Party is not “just for people who are currently not dependent on the government,” Walker told CNN. “It’s for all Americans.”
Let’s see if this “big tent strategy” gains any traction in the party and the nation. Has Jindal come up with a winning strategy for his speculative 2015 run for the presidency? Or has he said things that other Republican hopefuls will be able to use against him?
Chris Christie would beat Jindal in a GOP primary, for numerous reasons.
Jindal is very politically astute, though.
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How about we focus on important issues actually taking place?
No posts on the Petraeus scandal.
No posts on what really happened in Benghazi, what our government knew and when they knew it.
No posts on the 1000s of job losses by several very large employers since the election. (I think most of these would have occurred before the election but were conveniently delayed until days afterward to help Obama).
Those are just a few ideas…
Feeling gloomy hammer?
As for Jindal, a Republican with integrity and a sense of shame? Unheard of.
Richard, I’m not so sure that Christie will sustain his clout long enough to be top billing in 2016. Plus, he’s not as conservative as Jindal. Jindal’s fortunes also depend on him making a comeback of his own. I don’t fault him for that weird speech delivery foible. However, it did hurt him. Perhaps he will benefit from having an unmemorable tenure as governor. Heck, he survived the oil spill without getting blamed for anything. All in all, looks like he wants to be a bigger wheel going forward.
Or Washington
More than any other New Deal program, the PWA (1933) epitomized the progressive notion of “priming the pump” to encourage economic recovery.
“UW Professor, in Political Science “Risk’s life for Dog in Car”
FDR’s Cash for Clunkers program. November 7, 1940, another Day of Infamy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
What’s the matter with gift’s to voters?
Happy Thanksgiving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0YQ3vuyyY
How many Gifts, do we actually need?
Esp; Friday the 13th
http://ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=23305
Build the Big Tent(D) and they will vote!
What Gift’s?
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/11/15/2769040/judge-oks-sale-of-former-solyndra.html
I wonder if Gov Scott Walker thinks farmers in Red states are dependent on government?. They sure seem to like agricultural subsidies and infrastructure paid for by taxpayers!