Gingrich & Jindal on Face the Nation - Your Thoughts?

[JDubyaHoyt]

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Gov. Bobby Jindal were just on CBS's Face the Nation.

We'll post a video soon.

What are your thoughts of their performance?

JDubyaHoyt
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[AmericanPatriot]

It's just going off in my area and I missed the whole thing.  Hope the video is up soon.

[Judy]

I watched Newt and Jindal on Face the Nation this a.m. and I was so disgusted with Newt.  In response to a questions from Bob Schieffer,  Newt mentioned 5 or 6 Governors that probably have great ideas and have done great in their states that might be a major part in the future of the Republican party.  Did he mention the most popular Governor and one that has done great in reducing taxes, putting the good old boys out of business, and probably knows the most about energy of all the Governors put together?????...NO...HE DID NOT MENTION HER.  SHAME ON YOU NEWT.  Of course I mean Sara.  There is no excuse for Newt not mentioning Sara this morning.  He didn't have to make an issue of her, but she could have easily been included among the 5 or 6 other Governors he mentioned.  Another channel also listed 5 or 6 Governors from the conference regarding the same thing...did they mention SARA...NOO...what is going on with you men...as a party we all need to promote women as much as we can and whenever we can.  OR...AS SOMEONE SUGGESTED has the Republican party become the "GOOD OLD BOY" party...if so we are losers.  

[I. B. Freeman]

Governor Jindal talks a lot about being fiscal conservative but his actions certainly are not fiscally conservative as this take from the New Orleans Times Picayune points out:

"Putting a Spin on It

Talking to Greta Van Susteren, of Fox News, last week, Gov. Bobby Jindal said his administration had “cut spending in our state by 12 percent. We cut the number of government jobs by 1,000. We’ve actually cut taxes six times. . . . We did the largest income tax cut in our state’s history.” The governor did not tell the national viewers that the fiscal 2008-09 budget he signed earlier this year is smaller than the previous year’s budget only because the state is receiving less federal money for hurricane recovery. Discounting federal money, Jindal actually approved state general fund spending—money generated by state taxes, fees and royalties—that is $1 billion, or about 12 percent, higher than in former Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s last budget. The 1,000 jobs were posts that Blanco’s last budget had authorized but that had not been filled. The “largest income tax cut” Jindal referenced was the Legislature’s repeal of the Stelly Tax Plan remnants. Jindal’s administration initially opposed the repeal plan, which was pushed by state Sen. B.L. “Buddy” Shaw, R-Shreveport, before supporting it."

Additionally Governor Jindal voted for the earliest forms of the biggest farm bill in history while he was in Congress and as Governor voiced opposition to President Bush's veto of the massive increase in SCHIP funding.

All Republicans should also pay attention to the Governors "open mindness" concerning Republican candidates as this exert from an interview with Wolf Blitzer demonstrates:

"BLITZER: But you’re a Republican, so you’re eventually going to go with a Republican, unless you’re going to surprise me right now and say what Colin Powell told us last week, that he’s not sure.

JINDAL: Well, no. Chances are very good I’ll end up supporting the Republican nominee.

BLITZER: Is there any chance you’ll support a Democrat?

JINDAL: Well, look, in my past I voted for Republicans and Democrats both. We need to vote for the best person, the best candidate. Louisiana’s a very nonpartisan state. We have open elections.

When I was elected, I didn’t get elected in a Republican primary. I’m a lifelong Republican, I’m a conservative.

JINDAL: Let me be clear. Look, I’m not — don’t expect a huge surprise out of me or the governor of Louisiana. I’m very likely to support the Republican nominee. We just want the process to finish. I’ve said, you know, I don’t think as elected officials we need to tell voters who to vote for.

I will say this — and again, I think it’s extremely likely I’ll end up when it comes time for the nomination, it will be extremely likely I’ll be supporting the Republican nominee. But I will say this about the other two major candidates — Senator Obama, I agree with those that find him inspiring. I think he does bring a genuineness, an enthusiasm. I think he’s an inspirational speaker.

I don’t agree with him on a lot of the issues. I do think he’s more liberal than I am."

I voted from him twice. Contributed cash and time to his campaign. I will not again. He is a political careerist who goes which ever the wind blows.

[Tami]

I appreciated how Newt Gingrich pointed out the fact that he had been part of "the demise of the Republican Party" several times in American history, and that the Republican Party was able to pull itself back in a short period of time each time because of its ability to rightly appeal to the American people.  

 

[the_gipper]

Jindall and Pawlenty are my front runnners. Whhats up with some of these people? Are they former huckabee and romney aides? lol I think it is too early for the jockying for 2012.

[JeffS]

I don't know that I'm against keeping the 'old boys' around. Experience is a very hard commodity to come by and knowing where pitfalls lie are usually reserved for those that have been down the road a time or two. That said, what I feel needs to occur is more of an evolution.

It's not that the stalwarts need to fade to proverbial woodwork but that they need to see the new talent in need of grooming and foster the growth of future party activities.

Is a Governor Jindahl the future? Possibly so. How many other prospects do you see within the party? Therein lies the real issue; the party is getting old. To that extent, I agree that the party elders need to relinquish the hold on the party. We should not, however, abandoned them altogether. It is more the time to learn from these persons who have seen the ebb and flow of conservatism as both a strong force and the now seen enfeeblement displayed this last election. It is the need for an apprenticeship for the young and future leaders of the Republican Party.

The problem is this; the party has done little to nothing to really develop such leaders. What kind of outreach is there for the young? I don't suggest that, as the Democrats do, try to woo the votes of a fickle and young populace in four year cycles. My point is that the party needs to be savvy to the hearts and methods of the young so that Conservative ideals be an available commodity to those who seek it and via the avenues that they seek such information. The electronic age.

It's not that the Republican Party is absent in the electronic world but that we have little true understanding as to how to use such mediums to an advantage. We think 'old'. The idea is not to seek voters but to find those future leaders.

Our party is a victim to the baby boom bulge.

Those that came after are a group that far more understand the interconnectedness of this world and seek to connect with it in that manner that electronics make available.

So, what we need is a better understanding of how we reach those that might seek us but that we must also be cognizant of the past and thus where the experienced elders of the party can provide us the wisdom that can guide the leaders of the Conservative future.  

[John Ansell]

Hello Gipper, I know it's far to early to go putting up my Newt/Jindal 2012, but it's called steam rolling the grassroots.  No, I wasn't an aid to Huckbee or Romney.   but I would have voted for them.  McCain......NAh, wouldn't be prudent.  Plus, I thought it was fitting for this subject "Gingrich & Jindal on face the nation- your thoughts?"  

I wrote them in this time so my thought is I already voted for the dream team.