Bobby Jindal Set To Reveal 2016 Plans Against Backdrop Of King V. Burwell Dilemma
The Louisiana governor will announce Wednesday whether he will jump into the crowded field of Republican presidential hopefuls. He is one of four GOP governors with White House aspirations who face a tough choice if the Supreme Court invalidates health law subsidies in their states -- allow millions of residents to lose coverage or face the political fallout from reversing course and setting up a state exchange.
Politico:
Obamacare Dilemma For GOP Govs Running For President
If the Supreme Court rules against Obamacare subsidies, the four governors running for president will face a harsh choice: Let tens of thousands of people get kicked off their health plans, or try to create a state exchange and lose credibility with a virulently anti-Obamacare Republican primary base. Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, New Jersey’s Chris Christie and Ohio’s John Kasich all refused to set up Obamacare exchanges, as did most other GOP governors. Their states would be directly affected if the court rules that the health law’s subsidies can go only to people living in states that did establish the new online Obamacare markets. (Pradhan and Demko, 6/24)
The Washington Post:
Bobby Jindal To Announce Presidential Plans Wednesday
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a one-time rising star in the Republican Party now struggling to become one again, will announce Wednesday afternoon whether he intends to run for president in 2016. ... If Jindal does get into the race as expected, he will be the first Indian-American to ever be a serious candidate for president. But at this point, his chances of winning the GOP nomination seem extraordinarily low. (Fahrenthold and Hohmann, 6/24)
McClatchy:
Jindal’s Bid For White House Begins With Many Doubters
Meet Bobby Jindal, self-styled hero of the Christian right. The Louisiana governor was once seen as a rising national star with deep, nuanced thoughts about health care, education and budget issues, who in 2009 gave the party’s nationally televised response to President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. (Lightman, 6/24)
The Associated Press:
Where They Stand: Bobby Jindal On Issues Of 2016 Campaign
Where two-term Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal stands on various issues that will be debated in the Republican presidential campaign: Like most other Republicans considering a presidential campaign, Jindal calls for repealing Obama's health care law. He favors "premium support" for Medicare, which would replace the insurance coverage given to seniors with a federal subsidy to purchase insurance coverage, a sort of voucher program to choose their own coverage plan. (6/24)
Politico Magazine:
The Stupid Party’s Candidate
In 2013 Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal called on the GOP to “stop being the stupid party.” A former Rhodes scholar with serious policy chops, he appeared perfectly positioned to elevate the discussion of ideas. Instead, Jindal has chosen to run in 2016 as the stupid party’s standard-bearer. A governor who reshaped his state by overhauling the education and Medicaid systems now hardly talks substance at all. In fairness, he has released detailed plans on taxes and education, but he routinely spends his time on the stump throwing red meat to the most conservative parts of his party. (Greenblatt, 6/23)