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Ben Smith at Politico says Jindal is talking about sitting out 2012:

Jindal said he’s planning to run for reelection [as Louisiana governor] in 2011, something that would make pivoting to a national campaign logistically and politically tricky.

He might figure 2016 is a better bet. He might have a point.

Jindal’s absence – 47 months in advance – is already making lefties turn backflips.

But wait!

UPDATE: A later version of the AP story quotes Jindal trying to tack back to his previous position, which had seemed to leave the door open.

“I think anybody who is even thinking of running would be well served to roll up their sleeves and support our new president,” Jindal said. “I told our people, ‘It doesn’t matter whether you’re Republican, Democrat or independent, it doesn’t matter whether you voted for him or not, President-elect Barack Obama is our president.'”

As much as we joke about the next biennial campaign beginning at 6AM the morning after the election, it’s really too early to even speculate about the next presidential race.  Although it certainly does help paid propaganda organs like the Minnesoros “Independent” bide their time…

6 thoughts on “Premature

  1. Personally, I’d like to see Jindal cook a little longer. He’s an incredibly popular governor and another term in Louisiana would suit him well. Besides, he’ll only be 45 years old in 2016.

    The rub is what if Obama is another Carter and thus is tossed after one term? If we elect a GOP Prez in 2012, I would find it hard to believe Jindal would try to unseat him/her in ’16.

    We’ll see!!

  2. On Sunday morning, McCain stated he might not support Palin for President in 2012. He indicated a preference for Pawlenty… I think he would have been much better off if he had selected Pawlenty for his running mate in 2008.

    Better late than never?

  3. I think he would have been much better off if he had selected Pawlenty for his running mate in 2008.

    Disagree. While I admire Gov. Pawlenty tremendously, he wouldn’t have had the clout with the conservative base that Gov. Palin had. It’s a moot point anyhow. Any candidate with an “R” next to his/her name couldn’t have overcome the Obama mystique that was created by the love struck media.

  4. What Brad said.

    The ticket already had one moderate with dubious traction among conservatives.

    Without Palin, it would have been a 15 point race.

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