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Presidential platform: Bobby Jindal has new book coming in October

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is scheduled to be out with a new book in October called “American Will: The Forgotten Choices That Changed Our Republic.”

But don’t call it a campaign book for Mr. Jindal, who is weighing a 2016 run for president.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal often gets lost in the shuffle among the crowded 2016 Republican presidential field, but those who dismiss his chances out of hand are making a mistake.

The rapid growth of the GOP presidential field is causing major headaches for party bosses ahead of a primary debate season that begins this summer.

The dilemma for Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, is stark: If the declared field grows to 18 or 20 candidates, as now looks plausible, how can those numbers be winnowed in a way that seems fair and reasonable rather than arbitrary and undemocratic?

Bobby Jindal a ‘dark horse’ for 2016 GOP presidential bid, kingmakers say

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is still trying to earn a second look from GOP primary voters, after his widely panned 2009 State of the Union response put a dent in his billing as a new face of the GOP.

Now, some of the key kingmakers are saying there’s a window for the one-time whiz-kid to earn support — particularly if he can continue making successful on-the-ground stops such as one last weekend in Iowa.

Iowa 2016 GOP forum: 10 takeaways

Evangelicals are likely to stay splintered for much of this year, and it’s difficult to see the influential bloc of voters coalescing behind a single favorite before next February’s Republican caucuses.

A forum that drew nine likely presidential candidates and 1,200 activists to a church here Saturday night, along with a dozen other events around the Hawkeye State this weekend, reflected how crowded the competition already is for the support of social conservatives.

10 things to watch for at Iowa Faith & Freedom event

About 1,000 right-leaning Iowans will size up nine GOP presidential contenders at a four-hour speechfest at a Waukee church on Saturday night.

The organizer is the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition, a conservative nonprofit group that pushes for integrity in government, high moral values, constitutional authority and Christian principles.

When the hospital lobby came to Bobby Jindal a few years ago to ask him to expand Medicaid, Jindal didn’t react the same way as Republican governors Mike Pence and John Kasich, who deferred to business. Jindal, per his telling, told the businesses they were wrong — that expanding Medicaid would be bad for taxpayers, bad for patients, and — in the long run — bad for industry.