they kind of suspended their disbelief i think during the last days and weeks of the campaign. they were all on board with romney. they were all saying the polls were going to be wrong and romney was going to get it and romney was on the right track and romney had the right ideas, et cetera, et cetera. they re to be expected to be among the early changers, among the early people on the road to damascus because they ve got one foot in politics and the other in journalism. but i think jindal is interesting. i think the real fight now, chris, is not whether people are getting on the road. it s what they re saying on the road because they have different theories about how to go forward. one is economics, one is cultural, and one is immigration. i think there are basically three routes there. i wonder whether they re all agreeing to changes in their party philosophy that don t affect their central beliefs. let s take a look at jindal who is a cultural conservative. he s acknowledging the
party philosophy that don t affect their central beliefs. let s take a look at jindal who is a cultural conservative. he s acknowledging the republicans must not be the party of 1%. quote, we ve got to make sure that we re not the party of big business, big banks, big wall street bailouts, big corporate loopholes, big anything. we cannot be. we must not be the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys. now, that s a good southern populist statement by a southern conservative bobby jindal, john heilemann, but you will notice he doesn t give an inch on the cultural stuff like we ve got to teach creationism in our public schools. his idea of compromise, stay out there on the far right on the cultural stuff, i m sure abortion rights and same-sex, but move in on the rich guy stuff. well, yeah. look, i mean, i m not sure we ve got yet a comprehensive statement from bobby jindal about what he thinks modernization and reform of the republican party would look like.
romney was going to get it and romney was on the right track and romney had the right ideas, et cetera, et cetera. they re to be expected to be among the early changers, among the early people on the road to damascus because they ve got one foot in politics and the other in journalism. but i think jindal is interesting. i think the real fight now, chris, is not whether people are getting on the rooted. it s what they re saying on the road because they have different theories about how to go forward. one is economics, one is cultural, and one is immigration. i think there are basically three routes there. i wonder whether they re all agreeing to changes in their party philosophy that don t affect their central beliefs. let s take a look at jindal who is a cultural conservative. he s acknowledging the republicans must not be the party of 1%. quote, we ve got to make sure that we re not the party of big business, big banks, big wall street bailouts, big corporate loopholes, big anything