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Jindal Officially Joins The List Of 2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls
When Jindal took the stage (to Garth Brooks鈥檚 鈥淐allin鈥 Baton Rouge鈥), he said he would try to slash the size of the federal government, show strength to American enemies overseas, secure the U.S. border, and try to reform Medicare and Social Security. ... A native of Baton Rouge, he was born Piyush Jindal in 1971 but renamed himself 鈥淏obby鈥 after the youngest son on the 鈥淏rady Bunch鈥 sitcom. He became a Rhodes Scholar, a McKinsey consultant and 鈥 still in his early 20s 鈥 the head of the massive Louisiana health department. (Fahrenthold, 6/24)
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. The first Indian-American governor in the United States, he came to the job in 2008 after three years in Congress. He had previously been president of the nine-member University of Louisiana System and has run the state鈥檚 Department of Health and Hospitals. Here are his positions on important issues. ... Mr. Jindal has urged the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. He instead favors 鈥減remium support,鈥 a voucherlike program in which the government would give Medicare beneficiaries a fixed amount of money to buy coverage from competing private plans. (Mullany, 6/24)
With Louisiana鈥檚 Gov. Bobby Jindal formally launching his presidential bid on Wednesday, 13 high-profile Republicans have officially entered the campaign for the party鈥檚 2016 nomination. Only three major prospects remain: Ohio鈥檚 Kasich, Wisconsin鈥檚 Walker and New Jersey鈥檚 Christie, each planning to announce his intentions in the coming weeks. ... All three appeal to the party鈥檚 more moderate voters. Kasich and Christie were among the few Republican governors to expand Medicaid eligibility as part of President Barack Obama鈥檚 health care law, they have prioritized treatment for drug addicts and the mentally ill, and both have shown a willingness to stand up to those in the farthest reaches of the party鈥檚 conservative base. (Beaumont and Peoples, 6/25)
Mr. Kasich, who said he was still weighing whether to enter the race, is barely registering in Iowa polls. His formidable hurdles in the state include a lack of time visiting it, and a list of center-right policies he has supported that conservative caucusgoers are likely to reject, from expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to voting for an assault weapons ban while in Congress. (Gabriel, 6/24)
