MSNBC commentator Melissa Harris-Perry takes verbal shots at Jindal
Times-Picayune (excerpt)

Melissa Harris-Perry, the liberal Tulane University political science professor who recently landed her own show on MSNBC, used about 4 minutes of her program Saturday to chastise Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for his administration's choices on health care and other issues.

Beginning with with an odd reference to whether he preferred being addressed by his birth name (Piyush) or his adopted name "Bobby," Harris-Perry noted that Jindal is the governor of a poor state, "but you don't seem to give a damn."

Referencing a recent editorial in The Times-Picayune -- "Gov. Jindal is ignoring his people's needs" -- Harris-Perry said she wanted to get in on the messages being sent to the governor over his choice not to have the state create its own health exchange as allowed in President Barack Obama's health care reform plan.

"What you do care about is reaching higher office," Harris-Perry said. "And why not? You're term-limited in Louisiana and the White House will have an opening in four years. So for you, it's onto the next one, right? Looks like your 2016 machine is raring to go. Head of the Republican Governors Association? Check. Chastising the defeated Governor Romney for his gifts comments? Check. Calling on Republicans to stop being the "stupid party of dumbed-down conservatism" and encouraging them to reach out to a broader base? Check. Not bad for the national stage, Bobby."