Bobby Jindal Says No To POTUS Run In 2012

Add Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal to the list of Republicans taking themselves out of contention for the 2012 nomination:

Gov. Bobby Jindal is not running for president in 2012 — “no ifs, ands or buts.”

The Louisiana Republican made his intentions clear during an interview with The Associated Press.

“I’m not being coy at all. I’m not running for president in 2012. Period. No ifs, ands or buts, no caveats,” Jindal said. “We have made great progress in Louisiana, but we’ve got a lot more work to do.”

Jindal had said pretty much the same thing back in December 2008, so I’m not sure why anyone was asking him this question again. Nonetheless, I guess now we know for sure.

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Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

  1. reid says:

    Vulcanologists everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.

  2. An Interested party says:

    I guess that now there is no chance of an exorcism being performed in the White House…

  3. Herb says:

    Whew…..dodged that bullet.