The Washington Post published an op-ed yesterday written by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Read it; it’s a good one.

Jindal believes that Republicans have to join the “battle of ideas” about health care reform. Reform, he says, is necessary.

He first gets a dig in at Democrats:

The debate on health care has moved on. Democratic plans for a government takeover are passé. The people don’t want it. Believe the polls, the town halls, the voters. Only Democrats in Washington would propose new taxes on businesses and families in the middle of a recession, $900 billion in new spending at a time of record deficits, and increased taxes on health insurance and products to reduce health-care costs.| MORE ›

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal clinched a book deal. His autobiography will be published in 2010, two years before the next presidential elections.

Although an important part of the book will deal with Jindal’s life, he will also explain his policy and, thus, political views in it.

A political autobiography is often written by politicians when they want to launch a national campaign.| MORE ›

Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina, has made a video, defending his position vis-a-vis the stimulus bill. Sanford was one of several Republican governors who refused to accept all ‘stimulus money’ allocated to them.| MORE ›

AP reports for Hot Air that lefty political analyst John Heilemann believes so:| MORE ›