Bobby Jindal: GOP needs to focus on country, not self
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:34 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday the Republican Party needs to stop worrying about fixing itself and start worrying about fixing the nation as he traveled from his home state to rally conservatives and project his vision for the country.
The rising GOP star, who has demurred at speculation he'll run for president in 2012, touted his work in Louisiana on sex offenders and corruption during a speech in Raleigh but also spoke on national issues more suited for a presidential candidate than a governor.
He said Wednesday he was simply speaking in the state to support the mission of the conservative think tank that was hosting him, the John Locke Foundation. The Raleigh speech followed fundraisers in Cary and Charlotte that his staff said were for his 2011 gubernatorial re-election bid.
Jindal told reporters before his speech, titled America: An Agenda for the Future, that the nation needs to break its addiction to debt both in Washington and in households. He said the $900 billion economic stimulus plan moving through Congress will simply create more debt at a time when the nation needs less.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday the Republican Party needs to stop worrying about fixing itself and start worrying about fixing the nation as he traveled from his home state to rally conservatives and project his vision for the country.
The rising GOP star, who has demurred at speculation he'll run for president in 2012, touted his work in Louisiana on sex offenders and corruption during a speech in Raleigh but also spoke on national issues more suited for a presidential candidate than a governor.
He said Wednesday he was simply speaking in the state to support the mission of the conservative think tank that was hosting him, the John Locke Foundation. The Raleigh speech followed fundraisers in Cary and Charlotte that his staff said were for his 2011 gubernatorial re-election bid.
Jindal told reporters before his speech, titled America: An Agenda for the Future, that the nation needs to break its addiction to debt both in Washington and in households. He said the $900 billion economic stimulus plan moving through Congress will simply create more debt at a time when the nation needs less.
