State of the Union response: Poisoned chalice or launchpad?

Today we hear the news that “new breed” up and comer Paul Ryan will be delivering the Republican response to the State of Union.

He is a brave man to accept such an important task. But his supporters might worry the curse of the response strike again. After all Bobby Jindal, who was talked about as a possible Presidential candidate, suffered badly after his less than spectacular performance last time out. Jindal was pilloried for his weak rebuttal. He even managed to annoy Palin with this comment. Huffington Post reported the gaff.