Jindal needs more than his age

This article in Huffington Post points out that while Jindal may be young and energetic like Obama, he will need more than just that and the support of conservatives to get enough steam to make it on the ballot in 2012.
"Equally importantly, Jindal's background would play out very differently than Obama's if he were the Republican nominee. First, South Asians are still too few in number to make an impact at the voting booth comparable to African Americans or Latinos, so Jindal would have to appeal to other groups."
If Jindal wants a chance, he needs to start getting his name out in these other groups of people, especially minorities. While America may have been ready for an African American president, are they ready for one of Indian decent? There was a ton of controversy over Obama's past and religion...Jindal was a Hindu before converting to Catholicism. Most of these people were conservative Republicans, I wonder if they would argue the same: "once a muslim (hindu) always a..." if it's someone on their parties ticket.

The writer also points out that while it may the Republican party to have Jindal on the ticket because it will show that they are more diverse and attuned to everyones needs, it can't simply be about race, just as it was not simply about race for Obama.

I think Jindal should make an effort on the social networks and especially get out to colleges and university's--words spread fast around campus's and he may gain a good amount of the younger vote if his policies are attuned to the climate in 2010 and on...