Jindal does damage control

Is Bobby Jindal following the model of a young Bill Clinton? In 1988, the then-Arkansas governor was one of the hot names as a possible presidential candidate for his party. That was before “the speech.” Awarded a high-profile speaking role at the Democratic Convention, Clinton nearly derailed his national political future with a disastrous performance

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GOP rising star Jindal’s speech a ‘coming-out party’

Thrust into the spotlight as a Republican rising star, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been depicted as an up-and-comer capable of helping reshape the party and jockeying for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. And now, Jindal’s party is putting him on a national platform, awarding the once little-known congressman the political plum of delivering the Republican’s televised response to President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on February 24.

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