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ByTa-Nehisi and Megan are debating whether Jindal is the "next Obama." Here's Coates:
I've been pretty clear about my objection to hazy appeals to precedent, not out of any love for Obama, but because I think it's weak thinking. I don't like calling Obama the next Lincoln, anymore than I like calling Jindal the next Obama. Jindal is the Republican Obama if you think that Obama is just a "fish out water," dark-skinned politician. But if you're like me, and you were thinking about politics, you'd think that a Republican Obama would have to beat the powerbrokers of his own party. He'd have to revolutionize campaign fund raising. You'd think he'd have to basically flip Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin.
