The Louisiana wunderkind: beholding Rep. Bobby Jindal

National Review, May 14, 2007 by John J. Miller

Those are ambitious plans. The first step is to guarantee Jindal's successful election--and there are few sure things in politics. "The race will be no fun for Jindal," says one GOP pollster. "Louisiana Republicans don't win statewide by the margins he currently appears to have. He's going to spend the next few months watching his lead drop, but I would be stunned if somebody else actually won." Jindal is currently taking a play-it-safe approach, waiting until this summer before offering a comprehensive platform. And nobody needs to remind him that, in 2003, the polls showed him running ahead of Blanco right up to Election Day.

Maybe now would be a good time for Jindal's father to remind his son that he's still got an awful lot of potential.