So I’m in the campus hotel at LSU. There sure are a lot of good graduate students in political theory. They have diverse interests and clearly are being allowed to play to personal strengths they’ve chosen for themselves. In the spirit of the old joke we play both kinds of music here, Country and Western, they have both kinds of political philosophy here big-time—Straussian and Voegelinian. Those students had a CRAWFISH BOIL after my talk yesterday. It was quite the fine event. But the problem: You expend more energy getting the edible parts out of one of those “fish” than is replaced by calories you take in by eating said parts. The Crawfish diet might be the ticket a growing nation is looking for.
Looking at the polls, Romney is padding his double-digit lead among Republicans over Santorum. He’s also running even with Obama while Rick is eight back. Romney also has a big lead in Wisconsin, which seems to be Santorum’s final, final place to take a real stand.
On the other hand: Santorum is up 14 in Louisiana. The editorial written about the election by a communications major in the university paper is pro-Santorum, the rally for life on the campus attracted several thousand, and Bobby Jindal rules as governor without any real opposition.
The argument for choosing Bobby as running mate: Romney will trumpet a pro-competence, proudly uncharismatic ticket. Mitt opens by saying I picked the country’s best governor (Jindal probably isn’t quite that, but the claim is plausible). Don’t trust the president’s beautiful words and empty promises, look at our knowledge of real issues and the undeniable force of our deeds, our records. (Meanwhile, Bobby has the demographics to counter Romney’s semi-unChristian, hyper-whiteness.)
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