The drumbeat continues and makes you wonder if he really will wait until 2016. Eight years is a long time for someone who took a major state post at 25 years old. (ea):
If you take Jindal at his word, he has the job he wants. He held five fund-raisers in North Carolina and Arkansas last week -- and one in Mississippi the week before -- solely because he wants to build up his war chest for his re-election bid.
Never mind that Jindal finished his 2007 campaign with a nearly $800,000 surplus and raised even more last year.... Jindal can explain his crowded travel itinerary however he wants. He can say that he needs to raise money to fend off a serious challenge. He can say he needs to tout Louisiana as business-friendly.... But make no mistake. The product he's selling out there on the road isn't the state. It's himself.
