UPDATE: Apparently, Walker didn't wow the crowd at this weekend's Family Leadership Summit

That's because he was already yesterday's news.

Here's a look at his poll averages during the first 9 months of 2015.  After peaking at 19.5% in May, he boarded the Oblivion Express.  ("Oblivion" as in sense 3.)

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Donald Trump forced Scott Walker to abandon his presidential campaign, forcing him to walk a line from hubris to humiliation.

Source:  ABC News/Washington Post

Original 7/19/2015 post, "Apparently, Walker didn't wow the crowd at this weekend's Family Leadership Summit", starts here.

As reported in Scott Walker tells Iowans that faith carried him through Act 10 protests.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 7/19/2015)

Dear AOC, He's a nothingburger. Not worth your time. Best, Retiring Guy

Take your pick.

Merriam-Webster

Plus, it only provides fodder for Fox News.

AOC snaps at Bobby Jindal over 60-second Democratic Convention speaking window.  (8/18/2020)

Original 6/28/2015 post, "It's official"  Bobby Jindal is running for President", starts here.

The website is up and running.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Jindal announces presidential bid, seeks Iowa traction.  (Des Moines Register, 6/24/2015)

Photo credit: Politico

Quote source:  Des Moines Register

The 'kicking the tires' metaphor is alive and well in Iowa.

Failed Presidential candidate and disgraced former Governor explains rise of Donald Trump

That would be Louisiana's Bobby Jindal.

As quoted in Republican blames Trump’s rise on Obama’s level-headedness. (MSNBC, 3/5/2016)

This from someone who left a wake of destruction in his political path.

The damage done:

• University funding:  gutted.
• Rainy-day fund:  depleted
• State workers:  cut to the tune of 30,000; others furloughed

Louisiana stands on the brink of economic disaster.  Despite all the cuts of the previous years, the nation’s second-poorest state still needed nearly $3 billion — almost $650 per person — just to maintain its regular services over the next 16 months. Edwards gave the state’s lawmakers three weeks to figure out a solution, a period that expires March 9 with no clear answer in reach.

The Presidential candidate as fulltime bottom feeder.

Source:  Huffpost Pollster

Scott Walker among group of U.S. governors with lowest approval ratings

Source:  Morning Consult

Gov. Walker's approval ratings among lowest in the country.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/20/2015)

Until recently, three of the governors on the above bar graph were candidates for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination.  Once considered a frontrunner, Walker withdrew in September.  Never gaining any traction, Jindal called it quits earlier this month.  At the most recent Republican debate, Christie was assigned to the kid's table.

Another Presidential candidate 'suspends' his campaign, thinks there'll be another time

Washington Post, 11/17/2015

No matter what sense of the word is used, permanence is not part of the equation.

Merriam-Webster

Gotta believes this guy has the chutzpah to relaunch in 2019.

Washington Post, 9/21/2015

Dear Bobby Jindal, It is not now, nor ever will be, 'your time'

A look at Jindal's first-of month and latest polling averages.

Source:  Huffpost Pollster

Jindal Ends Presidential Campaign: 'This Is Not My Time'.  (NPR, 11/17/2015)



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Dear Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum. To stay strong, you first have to be strong.  (9/23/2015)
Rick Perry on drugs.  (8/11/2015)
Panderman.  He's everywhere he's everywhere!!  (6/27/2015)
Bobby Jindal calls himself a 'doer'.  So what is it he has done?  (6/26/2015)
It's official.  Bobby Jindal is running for President.  (6/25/2015)

Bobby Jindal for President? Most Louisiana voters scoff at the idea.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has big problems in his home state.  And most of them having nothing to do with his Presidential campaign.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Related reading:

Bobby Jindal and the Trouble with Louisiana.  (The New Yorker, 7/30/2015)
Louisiana Has A Lot Of Problems. This Is How Bobby Jindal Made Them Worse.  (Think Progress, 6/24/2015)
As he nears a 2016 bid, Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal hits political bottom.  (Washington Post, 6/6/2015)
Jindal for President?  Metastasizing troubles back home make a presidential run a laughable prospect.  (The American Spectator, 3/10/2015)

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Rick Perry on drugs.  (8/11/2015)
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Bobby Jindal calls himself a 'doer'.  So what is it he has done?  (6/26/2015)
It's official.  Bobby Jindal is running for President.  (6/25/2015)

Dear Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum. To stay strong, you first have to be strong.

And I gotta tell ya, guys, the two of you have been consistent bottom feeders.

Jindal, Santorum: Not dropping out despite Walker's comments.  (Des Moines Register, 9/23/2015)

Following the exit of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from the presidential race, both former Sen. Rick Santorum and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said they plan on staying strong in Iowa.

Both are doing slightly better, on average, in Iowa:

• 3.0% - Bobby Jindal
• 1.5% - Rick Santorum

Walker dropped out of the race when he was at a 4.5% average.

Rick Perry on drugs

As quoted in the silly opinion piece Slow-deciding caucus voters still studying Perry, Jindal.  (Des Moines Register, 8/10/2015)

Everything that's right??!!

Louisiana's state budget crisis follows Bobby Jindal into the national news.  (New Orleans Times-Picayune, 2/6/2015) 

How Bobby Jindal Wrecked Louisiana.  (American Conservative, 2/6/2015)

Why Louisiana is Facing a Health Care Disaster.  (ThinkProgress, 3/4/2015)

How Bobby Jindal Broke the Louisiana Economy.  (Newsweek, 6/1/2015)

Rick Perry is obviously suffering from impaired judgment. 

This is currently the all-purpose, fill-in-the-blank headline in Iowa newspapers

Iowa City Press-Citizen

So do all the other Republican presidential candidates, I hear.

Bobby Jindal sends a note of congratulations to Alesia and Celeste

The above text is from After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, Southern States Fall in Line.   (The New York Times, 6/29/2015)

Obviously, I put too much faith in the headline.  ;)

Panderman! (He's everywhere, he's everywhere!!)

As quoted in Jindal: 'If We Want To Save Some Money Let's Just Get Rid Of The Court'. (TPM, 6/26/2015)

This from a guy whose poll numbers barely register.

The best thing that can happen is to have the Republican candidates for President keep on talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......and talking......

Pawns of ALEC talking themselves into a tight little corner.

Bobby Jindal calls himself a 'doer': So what is it he has done?

Let's take a look.

Bobby Jindal Enters Presidential Race, Saying ‘It Is Time for a Doer’.  (The New York Times, 6/24/2015)

List created courtesy of  How Bobby Jindal is leaving a budget mess for Louisiana's next governor: News analysis.  (Nola.com, 2/12/2015)

Bobby Doer:   Not to be confused with....

Related post:  
It's official:  Bobby Jindal is running for President.  (6/25/2015)

Scraping bottom in the polls, Bobby Jindal puts together an Iowa team for a possible Presidential run

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Bobby Jindal builds an Iowa team.  (Des Moines Register, 3/31/2015)

Jindal, a Christian conservative, is one of the last Republican 2016 contenders to hire strategists who would orchestrate a campaign here if they decide to run. 

The 43-year-old Louisiana governor has formed a new political organization called the American Future Project, and is sending three staffers to Iowa, aides told The Des Moines Register Tuesday.

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Bush, Rubio not exactly wowing the home-state voters.  (3/27/2014)
Scott Walker tied for 2nd with 'Dunno' in latest CNN/ORC poll. (3/19/2015)
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Bobby Jindal translated: I know it's popular to pander to social conservatives, and I'm pandering!

Source of quotation:  The New York Times

Photo credit:  State of Louisiana

Unhappy With a Moderate Jeb Bush, Conservatives Aim to Unite Behind an Alternative.  (The New York Times, 3/25/2015)

Related article:
Louisiana Miscellany.  (Public Policy Polling, 2/18/2014)

• Not much of a springboard.  Bobby Jindal continues to be one of the most unpopular Governors in the country, with only 35% of voters approving of him to 53% who disapprove.  (It fell to 34% in September 2014.) 
• In Jindal's case, there's a good reason why he's not 'evolving'.  Louisiana is one state where gay marriage isn't going to be legal any time soon unless the courts make it so. Only 28% of voters in the state think it should be allowed compared to 62% who think it should be illegal, and even among Democrats there's 33/55 opposition. Nevertheless you can still see signs that acceptance will come eventually- 54% of voters favor at least civil unions for same sex couples with only 43% opposed to any sort of recognition at all.

 

Bobby Jindal's Tea-Party Pandering Gets Him Nowhere

Fight on Common Core is Dividing Louisiana.  (The New York Times, 8/18/2014)

He flips!  Mr. Jindal, a Republican who many believe has presidential aspirations for 2016, has become an outspoken detractor of academic standards that he ardently supported when the state originally adopted them in 2010, along with more than 40 other states. Many conservatives, who say the standards were foisted upon states by the federal government, regard opposition to the Common Core as a litmus test, and critics of Mr. Jindal’s say he has changed his views mainly to court Tea Party supporters.

He flops!  

Source:  Real Clear Politics (red arrow added)

The Tea Party Tail Wags the Presidential Candidate Dog

Or dogs, in this case.

Walker, Jindal in letter to Obama call IRS scandal ‘Big Brother come to life’. (Wisconsin Reporter, 5/15/2013)

Let's peak behind the curtain of this story.

Scott Walker disavows controversial tea party group.  (Mother Jones, 6/4/2012)

Photo credit:  State of Wisconsin

Just like Mighty Mouse, Walker is here to save the day, and to make a big public stink to improve his revenue stream.

Jindal, on the other hand (paw?), needs something to keep his mind off the problems at home.

Huffington Post, 2/25/2013

Walker and Jindal.  Is this a Koch brothers' fantasy for the 2016 Republican Presidential ticket?

The New York Times Shows Scott Walker Some r.e.s.p.e.c.t.

Although he's not mentioned first.  Nor is he the subject of the accompanying photo.

G.O.P. Governors Meet, Amid Whispers of 2016.  (The New York Times, 11/15/2012)

The Contenders

• Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana grew visibly agitated when asked about the comments that Mr. Romney made during a conference call with donors on Wednesday

• Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey held court with admirers as he took his first out-of-state trip since Hurricane Sandy eviscerated his state last month.
• Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who has emerged as a leading symbol of Republican strength after fending off a recall attempt this year, was given a prominent speaking slot here.
• The chairman of the governors’ association, Bob McDonnell of Virginia, a state that has solidified its role as a presidential battleground, received accolades for presiding over a deep bench of Republican governors

Related posts.

Scott Walker gets shut out again in the 2016 Republican Presidential sweepstakes. (11/17/2012)
I'm sure Scott Walker feels left out.  (11/17/2012)