We Won’t Have Bobby Jindal To Kick Around Anymore
Bobby Jindal is the latest candidate to drop out of the race for the Republican Presidential nomination:
WASHINGTON — Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, a onetime rising Republican star whose popularity has plummeted in his own state, abruptly dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday, conceding that he was unable to find any traction.
“This is not my time,” he said on Fox News.
Mr. Jindal unveiled a series of policy proposals, ferociously attacked Donald J. Trump and spent considerable time courting conservatives in Iowa, which begins the presidential nominating process. None of it worked. He raised little money, did not rise high enough in the polls to appear on the prime-time debate stage and was overshadowed by unconventional candidates such as Mr. Trump and Ben Carson.
In withdrawing, Mr. Jindal alluded to his parents’ emigration to the United States from India 45 years ago.
“I don’t think in a million years they would have ever imagined that I’d be governor or one day I’d be running for president of the United States,” he said.
But, he said, “I’ve come to the realization this is not my time.”
It never was your time Bobby, it never was your time.
That lake is so shallow Jesus could have walked across it and not gotten his ankles wet!
@ernieyeball: Bobby Jindal has to be one of the dumbest Rhode’s scholars ever.
Who?
At the end of the day, this is a failed Governor who had the delusion that he should fail upward.
It’s amazing that all these smart, accomplished, conservative leaders aren’t able to come close to accomplishing what a lowly community organizer has done.
@Neil Hudelson: Do any of our conservative friends have any idea what a community organizer does? I couldn’t do it. Great training for a politician.
Now Jindal is free to continue with his program for the complete destruction of the already pathetic LA economy.
@Scott: At the end of the day, this is a failed Governor who had the delusion that he should fail upward.
I don’t know that failed Governor is exactly the right term. He intentionally ran his state into the ground in the belief that would endear him to Republican voters nation-wide. In a normal year he may have been right, it was his bad fortune to point his efforts at a year with 18 candidates all trying to out-stupid each other to appeal to the Republican Base. In the end this year is coming down to “authenticity” for the nomination, and he may not have been authentically stupid and incompetent enough to satisfy the base.
OK, I’ll admit I was being kind.
@C. Clavin:
Now perhaps we can get Jindal and Brownback (Kansas) to swap jobs for a year and see who can bring down a state economy faster?
@gVOR08:
Of course not. The first response should always be to confidently say something negative. Later on, one can cobble together some information that sort of supports your position.
BTW, I’m impressed by the 11 comments here, which suggests that somebody cares about Jindal. It’s certainly a more impressive turnout than most of his campaign stops.
Jindals record in LA…from Salon:
Jindal was waaaay over the heads of the GOP’s primary selectorate.
Brilliant. Experienced. Successful governor of a noteworthy state with a significant local economy and major real world industries. He’d make a good president. But no realistic chance of getting through the quagmire of the so-called Republican “base.”
@Bill Lefrak:
If Bobby Jindal’s performance in Louisiana makes him a “Successful governor” what on earth would he have to do for you to describe him as a failure? Or do you just think that the people of Louisiana are stupid because they did not appreciate how brilliant you need to be to run the health and education of your residents into the ground while still blowing a massive hole in the budget?
@Bill Lefrak:
I’m assuming that’s sarcasm.
@Bill Lefrak: Mmm, I suppose it’s possible. But it sure looked like he was pandering to the base with his most well-known quotes.
@C. Clavin: Wow! By comparison, Carly Fiorina was a miracle worker at HP!