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From Bayou Buzz: After three big loses and a party void of vision, the GOP needs to stop with the attacks and offer some ideas.

From the News Star: Superdelegate Senator says her vote “will likely reflect the will of the state.”

From The Hill: Embattled Senator who once entertained VP aspirations of his own is now pushing Governor Jindal for McCain’s number two.

From the Times Picayune: Super delegate Mayor puts his chit behind Barack Obama.

From the Shreveport Times: In what is becoming an increasingly tedious excercise, Governor Jindal continues to play it cute when it comes to talk of his Vice Presidential prospects. His latest non-rejection rejection (during Friday’s appearance at the National Press Club) takes the form of calling it “presumptuous” to turn down something he hasn’t been offered. Meanwhile, Jindal is deflecting questions and blame over assertions that his ethics reform package has actually weakened ethics enforcement.

Google and YouTube are ganging up on election officials to bring a presidential debate to New Orleans. The debate will probably be in the quirky style of previous YouTube “townhall via video” debates - which should finally offer the Whistle Monster the public forum he deserves.

Update: Here’s the announcement video featuring Governor Bobby Jindal and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. Congrats to the city for taking this innovative approach and not merely acquiescing to the stuffy Commission on Presidential Forums (h/t Techrepublican via David All on Twitter).

From ABC news: Sitting next to Jay Leno in his national coming out party, Jindal maintains that he loves his job as Governor and would like to run for re-election. And yet the Governor still manages to latch onto a crafty metaphor to keep the VP door open.

“It would be like saying I’m not going with that pretty girl to the prom before she asks you,” Jindal explained. Read more

From the Advocate: Vague comments over “helping” John McCain with a New York Times story contrasts with his avoidance of the Louisiana press corp as Governor Jindal tries to remain one step ahead of his VP ambitions.

Credit to Jonathan Martin over at the Politico for posting this great photo of McCain celebrating his birthday with President Bush on the day Katrina made landfall, August 29, 2005.

From the Washington Times: Governor Bobby Jindal is escorting Senator John McCain around New Orleans today and by all accounts it’s not just for exercise. Between the Leno gigs and DC Press club speech, Jindal’s playing his VP ambitions about as cool as a Freshman at the Senior prom.