Reply #42: I don't know... This is the scenario I play out in my mind

[TlalocW]

Jindal is 38 right now. They're not going to run him in 2012, and I'll gladly go down on paper saying I'm predicting a second Obama term to take us to 2016.

Jindal will be 45.

In 2016, the racism in the GOP will be at the boiling point after 8 years of Obama, and there's no way a non-old white guy will be nominated by their party at that point.

Scenario 1: A democrat keeps the white house in 2016. Leaving Jindal until 2020 to try his luck when he's 49.

Scenario 2: A republican (not Jindal) takes back the white house in 2016. That means Jindal will not run in 2020 either since that republican will be running for re-election meaning 2024 when he's 53.

Right now, the political junkies on both sides know who he is, but what about the electorate in general (particularly the GOP side)? If you asked them, except for the Louisianans, probably not many would know who Jindal is. What is he going to be doing until 2020 or 2024 after he's stopped being governor in 2016 (term limits), assuming he's re-elected? Senate might be nice if you could scrape off one of Louisiana's, who tend to hang on to their seats like barnacles on a ship.

His best bet would probably be to be the veep part of a ticket in 2016 and hope his administration lasts for 8 years when he could try for president.

Anyway, I've gone on too long. My point is, I only see a few narrow windows of opportunity in the near future for Jindal. And by the time they come around, there will probably be a new wunderkind in the GOP.

TlalocW