BOBBY JINDAL FOR PRESIDENT 2016

You would want, again, an accomplished debater. You would want somebody with at least some Washington experience (perhaps several years in Congress) but with a clearly executive background. You would want somebody of almost genius-level intelligence who nevertheless repeatedly has demonstrated a “common touch.”

You would want somebody with a good record of economic development who leads a state with better-than-average unemployment figures. You would want a record of good administrative management, and one with a spotless record on personal ethics success at pushing ethics reforms.

You would, from a political standpoint (this shouldnot matter, but it does), want somebody who’s notstandard-issue WASP. Young voters, especially, really do thinkmulticulturalism is a virtue. You would want somebody with somereal fund-raising chops, to compete with the $700 million Obamawill scare up. You would want somebody with a sunny disposition anda reputation as a problem-solver.

you would want somebody who has been at his best in a crisis. Jindal has handled not one but three crises with remarkable aplomb: Hurricane Katrina, as a congressman who was almost the only public official who earned good reviews; Hurricane Gustav, as governor (discussed by Geraghty); and the BP oil spill, where he was Johnny-on-the… er, make that Bobby-on-the-spot throughout the ordeal, exuding a can-do spirit and a creative, problem-solving mien.