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For a man who rose to Louisiana's highest office based on his credentials as a policy wonk, Gov. Bobby Jindal formally launched his campaign for the White House Wednesday with a speech that was surprisingly devoid of specifics.
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Jindal suggested that his critics can't believe leaders can be both conservative and smart. We don't ascribe to that notion, but we believe that Jindal is a much smarter man than he demonstrated in his announcement Wednesday at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. His address was long on bromides and short on substance. He will have to do better,Cheap NFL Jerseys, we suspect, if he hopes to compete in a crowded field of candidates for the Republican nomination.
