Comments on: Don’t Do It, Jindal! http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:39:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Against the farm system « Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/comment-page-1/#comment-11284 Against the farm system « Upturned Earth || John Schwenkler Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:41:54 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/#comment-11284 [...] Indeed. Mr. Jindal is a governor, and his responsibilities right now are to the people whose state he has promised to help reform and rebuild. And this seems to me to be a point which many - though not all - of those who have discussed the Jindal-for-Veep meme have failed to address: a governorship is not a mere springboard to something bigger and better, and state and local politics are not (or at least should not be) simply a place for politicians to get some batting practice while they wait for a call to the big leagues. Bobby Jindal’s got work to do in Baton Rouge - find someone else to carry the water for John McCain. [...] [...] Indeed. Mr. Jindal is a governor, and his responsibilities right now are to the people whose state he has promised to help reform and rebuild. And this seems to me to be a point which many – though not all – of those who have discussed the Jindal-for-Veep meme have failed to address: a governorship is not a mere springboard to something bigger and better, and state and local politics are not (or at least should not be) simply a place for politicians to get some batting practice while they wait for a call to the big leagues. Bobby Jindal’s got work to do in Baton Rouge – find someone else to carry the water for John McCain. [...]

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/comment-page-1/#comment-10460 Daniel Larison Tue, 06 May 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/#comment-10460 Dan Quayle and Jack Kemp haven't exactly been banging down the door to the White House. Losing veep nominees don't usually come back for a second run, and except for FDR I can't think of any case where they come back to win the whole thing at a later date. Mondale is fairly exceptional, in that he had already been elected once in '76. Lieberman and Edwards have tried to break the pattern and failed. Obviously Ferraro and Bentsen never even tried. Dan Quayle and Jack Kemp haven’t exactly been banging down the door to the White House. Losing veep nominees don’t usually come back for a second run, and except for FDR I can’t think of any case where they come back to win the whole thing at a later date. Mondale is fairly exceptional, in that he had already been elected once in ‘76. Lieberman and Edwards have tried to break the pattern and failed. Obviously Ferraro and Bentsen never even tried.

]]> By: Howard J. Harrison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/comment-page-1/#comment-10459 Howard J. Harrison Tue, 06 May 2008 19:52:06 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/05/05/dont-do-it-jindal/#comment-10459 <em>Besides, if I am wrong about how competitive the presidential election will be and it turns out to be a major Democratic year with McCain playing the role of Dole, any higher ambitions Jindal might have had will go out the window, probably forever.</em> I am not sure that this follows. Besides, if I am wrong about how competitive the presidential election will be and it turns out to be a major Democratic year with McCain playing the role of Dole, any higher ambitions Jindal might have had will go out the window, probably forever.

I am not sure that this follows.

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