Bobby Jindal

By most accounts, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s response to President Obama’s speech to Congress was not a success. Conservative columnists like David Brooks and Charles Krauthammer panned the Jindal performance, both on content and on style. Radio host Rush Limbaugh seems to be the only observer willing to give Jindal a passing grade. The GOP, minus a few exceptions, have consistently opposed the stimulus package. They say it’s excessive and want more tax cuts instead—the same old recipe that brought this crisis on in the first place.

My friend Peter Canellos has a fascinating take on the possibility that John McCain, 71, could pick Bobby Jindal, 36, the son of Indian immigrants as his running mate:

Here’s a twist to the identity politics of this race. The NYT is reporting that one of the people John McCain is considering as a running mate is Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who was born to Punjabi immigrant parents and converted from Hinduism to Catholicism. Makes somewhat more sense to me than all those Condi Rice rumours. Though, I’d keep an eye on this guy.