Some big news out of Louisiana -- Gov. Bobby Jindal says he'll stay out of the Senate race pitting Republican incumbent, David Vitter, against Democrat, Rep. Charlie Melancon.
Jindal:
"Voters can make up their own minds."
The Gov's been undecided on this one for quite awhile.
From a September, 2009 interview with Politico:
“We’ll make a decision whether we’ll get involved in that race once we get closer. We haven’t made that decision yet."
This could be a telling decision. If you remember, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins flirted with a primary challenge to Vitter last year, but ended up endorsing him.
If there were any prominent state-wide Republican name to hold off on endorsing Vitter, you'd think it would have been the head of a family organization, but it's Jindal who's been cautious.
Why? If he were to branch out into national politics, it might be a troubling association, so this could be with an eye toward national; not state things (of course, there's the other option: that Jindal genuinely didn't want to endorse a guy who was caught up in a prostitution scandal).
