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National press lets Bobby Jindal get away with his big lies about Louisiana’s...
Screenshot of Gov. Bobby Jindal on “Fox News Sunday,” July 12, 2015 By Robert Mann Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wants you to know, if elected president, he’s qualified to take on the federal budget...
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Beware the crowdsmanship: Does the size of political rallies really mean much?
#481285442 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is drawing large crowds at rallies almost everywhere he goes. Nearly 10,000 in Wisconsin; 8,000 in Dallas; more than 7,000...
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Bobby Jindal isn’t going to be the GOP nominee, so what’s he really running for?
Screenshot of Gov. Bobby Jindal on ABC’s “This Week” on May 31, 2015. By Robert Mann Gov. Bobby Jindal is stuck at 1 percent or less in almost every national poll. Everything he’s tried over the past...
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Jindal’s bad bet: He focused on Iowa, not Louisiana
By Robert Mann It’s a good bet that our next governor will work hard to distinguish himself from Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose stewardship of the state is widely regarded as unsuccessful, at best, and a...
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Some questions for candidates who use faith as a campaign issue
By Robert Mann Like it or not, it’s now widely accepted that running for public office means not only sharing one’s policy ideas but also professing a deep and abiding faith in God and, usually, Jesus...
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The modern press conference is a farce: What the Trump-Ramos dust-up says...
By Robert Mann When I heard that Donald Trump had booted Univision’s Jorge Ramos from a press conference on Tuesday in Dubuque, Iowa, I couldn’t wait to watch the indignant response of the other...
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Insulting Muslims, Bobby Jindal misses chance to show maturity, decency
Screenshot of new spot running in Iowa in which Gov. Bobby Jindal discusses his conversion to ChristianityBy Robert Mann Finally, we have presidential candidates willing to level with us and give us...
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Jindal: Let the little children come to me so I may use them as props
By Robert Mann Imagine this scene at Louisiana’s Governor’s Mansion: “OK, governor, you sit there at the head of the table. Mrs. Jindal, please sit to his right. Wait, let’s get better light on her....
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How a David Vitter loss could hurt Bobby Jindal
By Robert Mann As he no doubt celebrates Sen. David Vitter’s political struggles, Gov. Bobby Jindal probably has mixed feelings. Sure, he and his staff despise Vitter. There’s been no love lost...
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Bernie Sanders, the not-so-social Democrats and the not-so-democratic Socialists
Embed from Getty Images By Seán Patrick Donlan As the California Democratic primary finally, mercifully, approaches, the drama intensifies. At this point, that tension has little to do with the...
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