Bobby Jindal in The Washington Post

On Gun Control: Yes, we proudly love our guns and religion

Jindal at times has cast himself as a proud good old boy, sneering back at the coastal elites. "He characterized folks like us--like you and me--as unsophisticated ingrates who were, and I quote, bitterly clinging to our guns and religion," Jindal said, talking about Obama at the CPAC conference in 2012. "He was exactly right about us. In Louisiana and all across America, we love us some guns and religion." Source: Wash. Post on 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference Mar 14, 2015

On War & Peace: No deal with Iran that lets them become a nuclear power

Jindal has recently jumped aggressively into foreign affairs--not natural territory for the governor. This week, for instance, Jindal trumpeted the fact that he had "signed on" to a letter that 47 Republican senators had sent to the Iranian government seeking to undermine a potential deal to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Then, at last, a slight stroke of good luck. Former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized the letter--and maybe, implicitly, Jindal--on Twitter. "No one considering running for commander-in-chief should be signing on," she wrote.

Jindal seized the moment. "@HillaryClinton No one who allows Iran to become a nuclear power should consider running," he tweeted back. He was in the conversation. "News Alert: Bobby Jindal and Hillary Clinton tussle on Twitter," Jindal's political advisers wrote in a news release.

To Jindal's advisers, there is a method in all this activity: Jindal is not searching for a political identity. He is showing his range.

Source: Wash. Post 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Mar 14, 2015

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