No VP Plans For Jindal- He Won't Be On GOP Ticket, Governor Says
by Tom Bonnette - The Town Talk (excerpt)

WINNFIELD -- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he never has been asked to join the Republican presidential ticket and that if Sen. John McCain did ask, the answer would be no.

Jindal reassured Louisiana citizens gathered for a Town Hall meeting he would not run for vice president while venting questions from the crowd about speculation that McCain might still make the offer.

"I'll vote for Sen. McCain, but, look, I'm not going to be vice president, I'm not going to be the nominee," Jindal said.

While those around McCain have raised the notion of he running with McCain, Jindal said Thursday, McCain never has asked him directly.

Jindal said no one on the Republican Nation Committee has contacted him to suggest he participate in the party's presidential nominating convention to be convened in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. on September 1, but he isn't surprised.

"It's my understanding that they don't make those kind of decisions until much later," he said.