New York: According to most political analysts in America, the presumptive Republican nominee for the US Presidential elections, Senator John McCain, needs to find a running mate who is young, a conservative and preferably from the South.
Now, some conservative commentators are putting forth the name of the first ever Indian-American Governor, Bobby Jindal, for the post of Vice-President.
When Jindal won the Louisiana election in October 2007 and gave his acceptance speech, he sounded somewhat like McCain's probable Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama.
“We can change, we must change, we will change,” declared Jindal.
Prominent Indian-American supporters of McCain, like New York-based hotelier Vijay Dandapani, believe Jindal could help McCain in getting some votes from the community and, more significantly, in raising funds.
“Jindal is an Indian-American and he was born in this country. He will probably move some people in that direction,” Dandapani said.
However, Dandapani, like many others, is skeptical that Jindal will, ultimately, be the choice for the Vice-President’s slot.
Those close to Jindal say he is unlikely to be McCain's running mate in the US presidential election. He has just taken over as Louisiana's Governor in January and that's the job he wants to focus on while building a national profile.
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