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Bobby Jindal will run for president
By: Burgess Everett
December 22, 2013 04:36 PM EST
It is “very obvious” that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will run for president in 2016, according to Sen. David Vitter.
Vitter said Jindal (R) is indeed already laying the groundwork in pursuit of the 2016 GOP nomination, but wouldn’t say whether he will support his home-state governor in what is certain to be a brutal Republican primary season.
“I like Bobby, I respect his leadership, I agree with all of his political values. But I haven’t thought about what I would do or wouldn’t do personally,” Vitter (R-La.) said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” on Sunday. “I do think he’ll run. I think he’s been running. And I think he’ll be a meaningful and significant candidate.”
Asked if Vitter believes Jindal would to be president, the senator replied: “Oh yeah. I think that’s very obvious to everybody who has been paying attention.”
Vitter is currently considering whether he will run to succeed Jindal in occupying the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge in 2015. Jindal is term-limited and cannot run for a third term.
“I would expect we will come to a conclusion sometime in January,” Vitter said, adding that the decision comes down to “where I think I could make the most positive difference for the remainder of my political life.
“Because whether I stay in the Senate or if I were to run for governor, that will be my last political job.”
By: Burgess Everett
December 22, 2013 04:36 PM EST
It is “very obvious” that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will run for president in 2016, according to Sen. David Vitter.
Vitter said Jindal (R) is indeed already laying the groundwork in pursuit of the 2016 GOP nomination, but wouldn’t say whether he will support his home-state governor in what is certain to be a brutal Republican primary season.
“I like Bobby, I respect his leadership, I agree with all of his political values. But I haven’t thought about what I would do or wouldn’t do personally,” Vitter (R-La.) said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” on Sunday. “I do think he’ll run. I think he’s been running. And I think he’ll be a meaningful and significant candidate.”
Asked if Vitter believes Jindal would to be president, the senator replied: “Oh yeah. I think that’s very obvious to everybody who has been paying attention.”
Vitter is currently considering whether he will run to succeed Jindal in occupying the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge in 2015. Jindal is term-limited and cannot run for a third term.
“I would expect we will come to a conclusion sometime in January,” Vitter said, adding that the decision comes down to “where I think I could make the most positive difference for the remainder of my political life.
“Because whether I stay in the Senate or if I were to run for governor, that will be my last political job.”
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