Jindal to be McCain's running mate in US elections?

Even as Illinois senator Barack Obama's tussle with his New York counterpart Hillary Clinton for the Democratic party's presidential nominee continues, the Republicans have had their candidate since March 4 - Arizona Senator John McCain.

That leaves McCain free to concentrate on issues such a choosing a Vice-Presidential candidate. And there's much speculation lately that his list of possibles could include Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana.

According to most political analysts in America, the presumptive Republican nominee for the US Presidential elections, Senator John McCain, needs to find a running mate who is young, a conservative and preferably from the South. Now, some conservative commentators are putting forth the name of the first ever Indian-American Governor, Bobby Jindal, for the post of Vice-President. When Jindal won the Louisiana election in October 2007 and gave his acceptance speech, he sounded somewhat like McCain's probable Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama.

"We can change, we must change, we will change," were his words. 

Prominent Indian-American supporters of Senator McCain, like New York-based hotelier Vijay Dandapani, believe Jindal could help McCain in getting some votes from the community and, more significantly, in raising funds.

Dandapani said, "Because Jindal is an Indian-American, he was born in this country, will probably move some people in that direction."

However, Dandapani, like many others, is skeptical that Jindal will, ultimately, be the choice for the VP slot.

Those close to Bobby Jindal say he's unlikely to be McCain's running mate in the US Presidential election. He's just taken over as Louisiana's Governor in January and that's the job he wants to focus on while building a national profile.