As governor of LA, I think one of Jindal's strongest marketable assets at this point is hurricanes. We touched on this briefly in class but I think this could be something much bigger than an appearance at a Saints game (although that is certainly consistent with Joe and my philosophy). The appeal here can be done on a national basis. When Katrina hit, the whole country was somehow involved. Whether we knew someone in the area or contributed to the relief effort, we had a stake in the tragedy. Consequently the anger and resentment many people felt about how it was handled by the government can be a way for Jindal to distinguish himself from the same old politics (aka GW) and on a large scale, demonstrate what he is capable of. He has been applauded for the way he dealt with Gustav and he is still taking care of the after-effects of Katrina. Wouldn't you want someone in office who has already dealt with a national crisis, and succeeded?
More to come...
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