Raising The Profile
By Mitch Berg
GOP taps Bobby Jindal to give response to Obama’s address:
Jindal a former congressman and first term governor, was widely believed to be on then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s shortlist for vice president, and often served as a campaign surrogate on the Arizona senator’s behalf.
The 37-year-old son of Indian immigrants was also given a prime-time speaking slot at the GOP convention last September, though he ultimately decided not to attend the four-day event as Hurricane Gustav headed for landfall in his state.
This is good. The GOP’s needed to pump up its “bench” for over a decade, now.
And it’ll get the Dems started on their counterstrategy – making “Apu” jokes politically correct.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Some eliments of the Republican party want to through Bobby J under the bus because he is too conservative. That should work well in 2010 and 2012.
February 12th, 2009 at 9:06 am
How soon before he’s painted by the left as either dumb or crazy?
February 12th, 2009 at 9:13 am
You left out “race traitor”, MoN.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:04 am
You left out “race traitor”,
I’ve already seen that on Indian American blogs. They don’t like the fact that he’s Catholic.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Obamawannabe.
February 12th, 2009 at 10:21 am
’cause they’re both off-white?
February 12th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Yep. Like getting yourselves a black chairman of the RNC. Mocha is the flavor of the month. But you’re not actually fooling anybody.
February 12th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Neither are you.
February 12th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
The choice of Jindal to give the response to BHO, and Steele as head of the RNC is obviously a move to solidify conservative Catholic support of the GOP.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I hear Biden’s got some killer Apu jokes in the hopper.