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Originally Posted by larrymcg421
Don't forget that Bill Clinton's first national speech was also a disaster. Jindal can certainly recover, especially since I don't think he'll run until 2016.
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Yup. I think that this could actually help Jindal in the long term. Being the front-runner for "future leader of the party" means that lots of people from both within and without your party are trying to take you down.
Now, he can stay under the radar and under the fray for a while. Especially if he reiterates that he does not plan to run in 2012.
He can just watch as Palin, Romney, and Huckabee et al. shoot at each other and position himself well for 2016 or beyond.
Oh, and low expectations never hurt anyone. If his next major national speech is average, then people will say that "Jindal is back and needs to be taken seriously." You don't want to peak too early and then let everyone down when it starts to matter.