Bobby Jindal

Jindal: 'I'm exactly where I need to be'

Jindal: 'I'm exactly where I need to be'
By Jon Ward, Washington Times
May 5, 2008

He is the future of the Republican Party, some say, and has risen so high for the age of 36 that his name is tossed about as a vice-presidential pick.

But Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he wants to keep his job, although he expects to lose popularity as he pushes his ambitious two-term plan to remake his state in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

"I told the voters of Louisiana this is a historic, one-time opportunity to change our state, and I want to be a part of that," he said during an hourlong helicopter ride to an event in Shreveport last month.

"I"m exactly where I need to be," said Mr. Jindal, who is the youngest governor in the nation and the son of Indian immigrants.

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