Despair

Those of us who are hoping for another Ronald Reagan to rise to party prominence appear to be in for a long wait. I had heard good things about Bobby Jindal, who was cleaning up the cesspool of Louisiana politics and cutting taxes. He’s mentioned approvingly as being on the short McCain Veep list. Then John Derbyshire points out that it’s hard enough to defend the Republicans to his liberal friends who call it the “snake handling party” without Jindal’s help.

Now Jindal seems to be forsaking his medical training in favor of superstition. I hope he does the right thing and vetoes the bill.

But, I fear, we’re in for a long wait.