He literally made me scream at the radio the 6th time he said "Americans can do anything" in his Mr Rogers voice.
What makes a good speaker is what Rush and Reagan can do.
Say the things we are already thinking in our heads.
That's what makes you pump your fist in the air and say, "Right on!"
Jindal, one of our best and brightest, is toast. Depressing.
Jindal isn't toast. Bill Clinton's national debut speech at the 1988 Democratic convention in Atlanta (nominating Michael Dukakis) was considered so bad and boring that it was thought to be a "career killer". And he went on to become president.
“Say the things we are already thinking in our heads.”
Funny, but “Americans can do anything” is one of those things in my head. Jindhal had some ‘right on’ points that sound like a Rush monologue speech.
The point has been made that his delivery was not the fire-and-brimstone the base would want to hear. But if he did that, it would be off-key in this response setting. Give him time.