re: Did Bobby Jindal’s 2009 Speech destroy his political career?

I remember being so impressed with Jindal ( and disgusted with Kathleen Blanco) during all of the Hurricane Katrina coverage. He was so poised and showed such great leadership qualities during that fiasco juxtaposed to Blanco's tired, fearful and directionless press conferences in our states greatest time of need.

That leadership from Jindal springboarded him to the governorship as I was just one among many Louisianians who had seen him outclass Blanco on live TV.

Fast forward to the 2009 Republican response and I (as were many other conservatives) was really looking forward to his speech where I assumed he would look presidential, confident and assertive in his rebuttal to Obamas SOTU.....instead we were treated to one of the biggest let down responses of all time.

Every last word was canned, verbatim from a teleprompter with all the delivery and inflection of an 8th grader reading his book report straight off of note cards.

In my mind that was the beginning of the end for Bobby Jindal. That and he forgot to be a super star in his own state and let the call for a presidential run happen organically....instead he tried to force it.

Similarly to how DeSantis torpedoed his own popularity by trying to force things one election cycle too early.