The Springboard to Nowhere: GOP VP Nominees

[Psychic Octopus]

I think that by 2012, Palin will be like Dan Quayle to the public, except with a bigger role in the party.

Dan Quayle tried to use the VP-nominee/Vice President platform to win in 2000. didn't work.

I think Jindal, since he won't be running, gets nominated for VP

I also think that the media kills him politically, excorsims? some may even say he is a secret Hindu.

Just a thought...

[paul718]

If Jindal runs for Governor in 2011, he won't run for President and would likely decline any VP offer in advance.

[Psychic Octopus]

If Jindal runs for Governor in 2011, he won't run for President and would likely decline any VP offer in advance.

hopefully, yes. I hate seeing politicians turn into damaged goods.

[Scam of God]

I think that if he's interested, Jindal will be aiming for 2016 not the incredibly risky 2012.  People like Romney, Palin, and Huckabee, whose political clocks are ticking, are much more likely to shoot for 2012 if anything.

2016 would be just as risky for Jindal. Bear in mind that if the Republican ticket goes down in 2012, those Southern whites that would make up the bulk of Jindal's base would have had eight years of being governed over by a non-white. Are they really going to put aside the widespread racial realpolitik of the region just because Jindal's "one of them" on social issues? Because I strongly suspect that their anti-modernity - anti-homosexuality, anti-abortion, etc. - is really just an outlet for their fundamental anti-blackness.

[Psychic Octopus]

I think that if he's interested, Jindal will be aiming for 2016 not the incredibly risky 2012.  People like Romney, Palin, and Huckabee, whose political clocks are ticking, are much more likely to shoot for 2012 if anything.

2016 would be just as risky for Jindal. Bear in mind that if the Republican ticket goes down in 2012, those Southern whites that would make up the bulk of Jindal's base would have had eight years of being governed over by a non-white. Are they really going to put aside the widespread racial realpolitik of the region just because Jindal's "one of them" on social issues? Because I strongly suspect that their anti-modernity - anti-homosexuality, anti-abortion, etc. - is really just an outlet for their fundamental anti-blackness.

That may be going a little 2 far...

[Nixon in '80]

I think that if he's interested, Jindal will be aiming for 2016 not the incredibly risky 2012.  People like Romney, Palin, and Huckabee, whose political clocks are ticking, are much more likely to shoot for 2012 if anything.

2016 would be just as risky for Jindal. Bear in mind that if the Republican ticket goes down in 2012, those Southern whites that would make up the bulk of Jindal's base would have had eight years of being governed over by a non-white. Are they really going to put aside the widespread racial realpolitik of the region just because Jindal's "one of them" on social issues? Because I strongly suspect that their anti-modernity - anti-homosexuality, anti-abortion, etc. - is really just an outlet for their fundamental anti-blackness.

That may be going a little 2 far...

Just a tad... luckily, Jindal is in no way black.