Won't run as Romney's vice presidential candidate: Jindal
28 April 2012 1:44 PM GMT
After Nikki Haley, the second Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has said he won't be running for US Vice Presidentship as a running mate of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Jindal has just been elected to a second term as Governor of Louisiana and said he isn't interested in running as Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate. But, he said he would put in all efforts behind the Romney campaign to get him elected.
'I've got the job that I want,' said Jindal, noting that he is just beginning to tackle retirement reform in his state and has other goals to accomplish.
Jindal's comments came during a town meeting on Thursday with representatives from 17 energy companies, raising money
for Utah Governor Gary Herbert's re-election campaign.
Though opting to stay out of the race, Republican Jindal a made a sharp attack on President Barack Obama, saying that the Obama administration has brought America high unemployment and high deficits, and 'you've got a president who is leading us toward a European socialist-type government'.
He warned that America's energy sector would see 'continued hostility' if President Barack Obama is re-elected.
'You already see it in the first term,' Jindal said. 'We're already seeing a hostile regulatory environment that is diminishing production of energy.'
Jindal said that if Obama is re-elected, he wouldn't be able to get a cap-and-trade bill through Congress, but he is concerned that the administration could try to achieve it through a 'regulatory fiat'.
Jindal has just been elected to a second term as Governor of Louisiana and said he isn't interested in running as Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate. But, he said he would put in all efforts behind the Romney campaign to get him elected.
'I've got the job that I want,' said Jindal, noting that he is just beginning to tackle retirement reform in his state and has other goals to accomplish.
Jindal's comments came during a town meeting on Thursday with representatives from 17 energy companies, raising money
for Utah Governor Gary Herbert's re-election campaign.
Though opting to stay out of the race, Republican Jindal a made a sharp attack on President Barack Obama, saying that the Obama administration has brought America high unemployment and high deficits, and 'you've got a president who is leading us toward a European socialist-type government'.
He warned that America's energy sector would see 'continued hostility' if President Barack Obama is re-elected.
'You already see it in the first term,' Jindal said. 'We're already seeing a hostile regulatory environment that is diminishing production of energy.'
Jindal said that if Obama is re-elected, he wouldn't be able to get a cap-and-trade bill through Congress, but he is concerned that the administration could try to achieve it through a 'regulatory fiat'.
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