Well at least Jindal shares my lack of enthusiam for Vitter but he has a much longer resume of refusing to endorse republicans. We all remember when on the night of his election he refused to endorse Mike Strain over Obom nor would he endorse any of the republicans in state races that faced a runoff.
Who can forget his waffling on endorsing McCain over Obama--
BLITZER: But you’re a Republican, so you’re eventually going to go with a Republican, unless you’re going to surprise me right now and say what Colin Powell told us last week, that he’s not sure.
JINDAL: Well, no. Chances are very good I’ll end up supporting the Republican nominee.
BLITZER: Is there any chance you’ll support a Democrat?
JINDAL: Well, look, in my past I voted for Republicans and Democrats both. We need to vote for the best person, the best candidate. Louisiana’s a very nonpartisan state. We have open elections.
When I was elected, I didn’t get elected in a Republican primary. I’m a lifelong Republican, I’m a conservative.
JINDAL: Let me be clear. Look, I’m not — don’t expect a huge surprise out of me or the governor of Louisiana. I’m very likely to support the Republican nominee. We just want the process to finish. I’ve said, you know, I don’t think as elected officials we need to tell voters who to vote for.
I will say this — and again, I think it’s extremely likely I’ll end up when it comes time for the nomination, it will be extremely likely I’ll be supporting the Republican nominee. But I will say this about the other two major candidates — Senator Obama, I agree with those that find him inspiring. I think he does bring a genuineness, an enthusiasm. I think he’s an inspirational speaker.
I don’t agree with him on a lot of the issues. I do think he’s more liberal than I am.
I wonder if Jindal still wonders if Obama is more liberal than he is?
