By BaxterThe verdict appears to be in: Governor Bobby Jindal's "response" to President Obama's Congressional address last night was really, really, really bad.
In fact, if we were a fellow 2012 Presidential contender — like Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Haley Barbour, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist or John Huntsman — we'd be popping the champagne and singing a Republican version of "Happy Days Are Here Again." That's how badly Bobby blew it.
It was such a bad performance that we were reminded of other fatal political screw-ups of the past: Ted Kennedy unable to tell Roger Mudd why he wanted to be President. Michael Dukakis riding in a tank. Walter Mondale declaring he would raise taxes. Howard Dean's "scream." Joe Lieberman declaring triumphantly that he was in a three-way tie for fifth place. (Don't say we're not equal opportunity cats. Those guys we just cited are all Democrats.)
And before we let this happy topic go, we once again have to HISS at Juan Williams, who last night told a post-speech panel on Fox, “I think [Jindal] had a really poor performance tonight, I’m sorry to say."
You're "sorry to say"? Juan, you're supposed to be a journalist. NPR, please tell us again why you keep this guy on?
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