tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post603812240659923839..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Jindal not letting opponents goad him into miscuesJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-64477136633388376402008-01-15T11:27:00.000-06:002008-01-15T11:27:00.000-06:00Maybe you missed the point of post. Jindal (and no...Maybe you missed the point of post. Jindal (and now the latecomer House Democrtaic Caucus) has an ethics plan that gives substantial information about what it will look like, but he's holding back how he's going to get there. What's going to be in what bill (all we know is there will be one for state and one for local)? What, for example, will be the exact income ranges to be reported? And so on ... giving these details now only will make it easier for opponents to try to water down or to defeat such measures with a thousand little cuts.<BR/><BR/>If you'll click on the article links, you'll see descriptions of and some actual names of critics. They come in two types, those whining about not being "consulted," and those who keep saying they don't know what Jindal is going to do. The first is probably true because they're not part of the majority Jindal needs to win on whatever issue, the second is another assertion that 2+2=5.<BR/><BR/>Just because they are cowed at this point and are trying to stay out of the limelight on this issue doesn not mean there isn't fierce opposition in some quarters to reforms. On some (ethics) they are not likely to prevail. On others (state spending) it's much less certain Jindal can overcome their resistence. Write me back in six months and we'll see.Jeff Sadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-78834922137949348652008-01-14T22:56:00.000-06:002008-01-14T22:56:00.000-06:00I guess getting a Ph.D doesn't preclude you from b...I guess getting a Ph.D doesn't preclude you from being afraid of the bogeyman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-9606330652788627922008-01-14T14:15:00.000-06:002008-01-14T14:15:00.000-06:00I don't understand, I thought Bobby Jindal already...I don't understand, I thought Bobby Jindal already put out his detailed 31 point plan on ethics? You mean he's already backing off of that? If not, what's this point in all of this? And who are these phantom critics? I find this post confusing.75vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116418608131846822noreply@blogger.com