Feeling confident after yet another poll shows him easily winning next month's Senate race, Marco Rubio made a quick stop to Tampa on Wednesday where he was joined by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, rumored to be a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2012.
In a very hot, non-air conditioned warehouse in West Tampa, Jindal entertained the modest crowd of around 60 people by discussing all of the problems he had with the federal government when the BP oil spill first occurred last spring.
You may recall that some analysts at the time said the Louisiana Governor, who was seen frequently on television expressing frustration at the stifling federal bureaucracy, was one of the few government officials who came out looking good during and after the crises.
In his fast talking manner, Jindal cited examples of the feds quashing attempts to deal realistically with the spill, which nicely played into the conservative mantra that government can't do much right, as he used those stories as an example of what will change if Marco Rubio is sent to Washington by Florida voters next month.
"He's got bold and detailed plans," Jindall said, to insure that the " government doesn't try to do so many things like running health care and car companies and banks, that it doesn't do its core competencies well like responding to oil spills and natural disasters."
This article appears in Oct 7-13, 2010.