Michael Steele wouldn’t get any Black votes because he’s not their kind of guy ideologically, just like Clarence Thomas and Condaleeza Rice and even Colin Powell get called disparaging names.
As to putting a woman on the ticket, the same is true. Feminist Studies never mentioned the works of the best selling woman writer in the 20th Century, Ayn Rand. Jeanne Kirkpatrick’s success at the UN meant nothing to them. When they said “women”, they didn’t mean JK.”
If it’s foolish to choose on race or gender, it’s also foolish to choose on geography. How many VP choices end up not carrying their own state?
Bobby Jindal is a man of IDEAS which even a Democrat friend admitted to me Obama is not. He has executive experience. He has lowered taxes 5 or 6 times since being elected Governor. He has passed tough ethics laws. Newt Gingrich, one of the smartest Republicans around, supports him for VP.
Every time I see Jindal on TV I want to see more because what he’s doing is so interesting. He would give the Republican campaign a shot of adrenaline. AND, like Governor Schwarzenegger, he has a great immigrant story.
