Jindal may be the answer to Romney’s VP question
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“The difference between him after the BP oil spill and his Democratic predecessor [Gov. Kathleen Blanco] after Katrina could hardly have been more stark,” Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour — whose neighboring state suffered a lesser impact from the most recent environmental disaster in the Gulf — told RCP. “He was decisive, he was knowledgeable, and he was working hard for his people. There was never any question — there was no uncertainty.”
Barbour, who considered a presidential bid last year and remains one of the most well-connected members of the national Republican establishment, said he had “no idea” whom Romney would pick as his running mate but praised Jindal as “extremely capable” and “genuinely knowledgeable about public policy.”
“Plus he’s a very nice guy — pretty family and a good person,” Barbour said. “He’s just got a tremendous capacity.”
Barbour was one of several Republicans interviewed for this story who downplayed apprehensions about Jindal’s communications skills — concerns that continue to simmer as Romney’s eventual running mate will be called upon to inject new energy into his campaign.
“I remember people saying in 1992 about Bill Clinton, ‘The only thing anybody really knows him for is that terrible speech he made at the Democratic convention in 1988,’ ” Barbour said. “That didn’t turn out to be the only thing they knew about him. The same’s true with Bobby.”
Real Clear Politics via CBS News
5/10/12
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