Jindal likes to operate in the shadows but there is a giant spotlight on him now. He may be ambitious and ruthless, but he is not a fool. I think the chances of a veto are about 75%. He has taken a huge political knockdown that even a veto won't completely cure. The buy-off aspect of this whole business stinks like dead fish and he has a major trust bridge to build with the people. A veto will go a long way to making the people feels that he is hearing them. Failure to veto is going to haunt him for the rest of his administration. We all know that he's a Cinderella governor and has national ambitions, so he can't aford to fail spectactularly in Louisiana. He's not expecting to run for more terms, but he can't just use us as a stepping stone for his political agenda in such a Huey Long imperial fashion. I think Jindal becomes a fast learner and remembers that Huey's success was based on being a populist. Huey fixed the schools and built the highways and bridges, so people cut him some slack. Jindal had better deliver something tangible to the citizens soon. So far he hasn't done a damn thing except pursue his political issues, avoid the press, and ignore the constituency that elected him.
