Give Jindal his due

He's showing some consistency: he says he opposes government spending, and so he's refusing to take millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal government to pay for unemployment cheques for Louisiana workers.
He seems to be doing this as a ploy to garner the Republican nomination for president in 2012: but it seems rather short sighted. First, I don't know what the recall process is like in Louisiana, but it seems entirely likely that a stunt like this could get him recalled. Second, even if he wins the nomination, there are two possibilities: the stimulus works, and Obama gets re-elected: or the stimulus doesn't work, perhaps a republican wins: but what then?

I have to say, perhaps he might want to try something other than rejecting this package: perhaps he could exorcise the demons from the economy?

Yours, exercised, if not exorcised,
N.