KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |Jindal says "No" to Vice Presidency rumors
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SPRINGHILL, LA (KSLA) - Governor Jindal will welcome republican presidential candidate senator John McCain to the Bayou State on Wednesday -- a state that political analysts expect McCain to carry without a problem.
So the question of where governor Jindal ranks on McCain's list of vice presidential nominees is on the mind of many in Louisiana.
The governor answered with a confident no about the possibility of accepting the nomination for the vice presidency.
"I'm not going to be VP. I've already got the job that I want. I want to be Governor. I told the people when I was campaigning that this is a historic time to change our state," said Governor Jindal.
The fact still remains senator John McCain plans to visit Louisiana Wednesday to talk with Governor Bobby Jindal.
McCain leads Obama by 19 percentage points in the Bayou State according to a Rasmussen poll from one week ago, which begs the question on why he would spend money to come see Jindal in a state where analysts expect him to him to win big.
Governor Jindal said he would leave that up to Senator John McCain to answer, but welcomes the visit to discuss the needs of Louisiana.
Political analyst Elliott Stonecipher says it's not about VP for Jindal, rather McCain wants to line him up to speak at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis the first week of September.
Stonecipher tells KSLA News 12 Jindal leaving Louisiana right now would mean career political suicide for the 37-year-old politician dubbed as the conservative base's new golden child.
Governor Jindal's says he wants to talk to both McCain and Obama about interstate projects in northern Louisiana and shoreline restoration in south Louisiana.
