The Key To Bobby Jindal Success- Rural Folks

I thought this was a good OP-ed out of the Monroe Louisiana paper. I agree with it though I think they are overdoing the whole legislative pay raise issue and Bobby losing some trust. I went to the Homer town hall meeting that is referenced and it was not even brought up. Most saw that as a LEGISLATURE thing. Most folks were awed that first the Governor showed up to our little hamlets where a Governor has not been seen in decades and that he knew our issues so well

Anyway I agree with the rest


Distance to go

There's something that pleases us about seeing Gov. Bobby Jindal pulling into Dubach or Homer or Mer Rouge or any one of countless hamlets along dusty roads in the hills of northern Louisiana or in the backwoods of the state's southern reaches.

One day he's in Church Point or Mamou; the next might find him in Vivian or Homer.
And why not? Our rural neighbors count just as much as our urban ones, both on the tax rolls and in the voting booth. A vote is a vote.

Of course, for all his travels, the governor has some distance to make up with voters. He was slow to react when Louisiana lawmakers tried to raid the treasury in the spring, voting to more than double their pay. Lawmakers drew the just wrath of voters, but Jindal bewildered faithful conservatives who wanted him to react quickly and surely against the attempted ransacking of the capital city. He did not, and only vetoed the raises after the din was statewide.

Nowadays, he's talking to folks in small groups, restoring their affection for him and confidence in him. As relationships go, the quick-talking Ivy Leaguer and the rural residents seem well suited.
Governors and the governed should keep their relationships alive. Every year.