Bobby Jindal & the GOP: Forward, Into the Past

While Louisiana Governor Bobby “Exorcisms are Fun” Jindal prepares to speak to a political interest group in Iowa, the press wonders whether he’s the face of the new GOP. Let’s hope not. Mired in corruption and firmly dedicated to a narrow conception of the American experience (his trip to Iowa centers around an event styled, “Celebrating the [Straight] Family”), Jindal has nothing to offer America that wasn’t already offered in 2008 by Sarah Palin.