Trying to lead the party of growth

摘要

"Balancing our government's books is not what matters most." So Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, declared last month to a roomful of conservative activists bent on balancing the government's books. Although curbing America's huge deficits was important, Mr Jindal continued, the Republican Party can revive its electoral fortunes only by telling voters what it can do for them, not what it plans to take away. The party should talk about fostering small business, giving parents more power over their children's schooling, simplifying the tax code. "We must not become the party of austerity; we must become the party of growth," he concluded.