Bobby Jindal Announces Conservative Policy Group ‘America Next’

Published October 17, 2013 8:32pm ET



Louisana governor Bobby Jindal, the two-term Republican and potential presidential candidate, has announced the formation of a new group called America Next. The organization bills itself as a “conservative policy group” that aims to “focus on winning a war of ideas.” Here’s an excerpt from a mission statement by Jindal on the new group’s website:

…here’s the truth – Conservatives have failed to articulate and sell a national policy agenda to the country, a vision of what conservative policies can accomplish when put into practice..  We’ve detailed the awful things the Obama Administration has done, all the failings of the left, and we’ve pledged to undo as much of that as we can.
That’s good, it needs to be done.
But conservatives must be willing to demonstrate that we have the courage of our convictions by going on offense in the war of ideas.   That is where AMERICA NEXT comes in.

Jindal’s initial statement doesn’t list any specific policy ideas or proposals, though he has made education reform a priority during his governorship. But in places, the America Next mission statements sounds a bit like the first draft of a presidential announcement:

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