Our next President

As unwilling as I am at this particular moment to agree with anything Ryan might say, I can't but second his opinion of Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA).

If this man isn't the next President of the United States, then the GOP really is a dead party and should simply dry up and blow away. He was derided by members of his own party for not being "good enough" in his response to Obama's speech... but he wasn't in front of the entire Congress, getting standing ovations and applause at every pause in his speech. Obama had days to have his presentation polished and refined, he had 30 minutes.

He is hated by the Left because he is "ultra-conservative"... but that isn't true either. I have heard him speak twice in the last 24 hours, and in the second (a radio interview) he repeatedly said that his is in FAVOR of a stimulus package, and understands the need for increased government spending. What he opposes is increased Federal CONTROL of issues that individual STATES should maintain. This man understands the importance of Keynesian economics in a way that even Reagan can't claim. Temporary increases in Federal spending in areas where national infrastructure gains from the money is a GOOD THING, and when that spending is brought to an end, the private sector picks up where the Feds left off, making profits/jobs/expansion/development the realm of the mainsteam economy once again. He understands the importance of lowering taxes to maximize private-sector investment and participation... and the need of paying off debts incurred by the government when the economy is stronger by slowing growth through either spending cuts or reasonable tax increases.

This man is born and raised in Louisianna, and knows all too well the failings of the Long administration during the 30's... he has demonstrated this by offering MORE tax cuts in his short tenure as Governor than have been made in the last TWO administrations combined. LA is the ONLY State in the Union to have seen jobs GROW in the last 12 months... and all that coming from a budget that shaved $840 million dollars in pork off its pages. The man has even had the audacity to REFUSE (on behalf of his State) nearly $200 million in Federal stimulus dollars because it would create permanent changes in LA budgetary laws... but will lose Federal funding in less than four years, thus creating a new burden on the LA tax payer. This year's Mardi Gras was the safest on record (even with a public shooting at a parade) and the crowds in New Orleans were the biggest since the storm.

His message is simple, straight-forward and proven to work... yet his own Party won't even get behind him when he makes an opposition speech! What is going on here???

This is the state of the "conservative movement" in America today... divided and confused, and ready to sell its collective soul to maintain some semblance of power.