Cracking jokes and slamming Obama, Jindal delivers for Romney in Iowa

As diners in the small town of Newton, Iowa, dug into loose-meat sandwiches at a Maid-Rite restaurant Thursday, Gov. Bobby Jindal worked his way along the counter telling them why they should vote for Mitt Romney, The Indianapolis Star reports. “Every year we’ve borrowed more than a trillion dollars,” Jindal told about 25 invited townspeople and a few random patrons. “My little girl came home from school the other day … and she had a button on. It said: ‘Please, don’t anybody tell President Obama what comes after a trillion.’ ” The diners, eating a round of sandwiches on the campaign’s tab, burst into laughter. Jindal was one of several big-name Republicans stumping for Romney in Iowa while the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is oversees. In one interview, Jindal was asked if he’s just a shiny, look-at-me object meant to deflect attention from Romney’s real choice as running mate, who will likely be revealed in August. “I’m flattered that you would describe me as shiny,” Jindal told Radio Iowa. “Other than my wife, I’m not sure anybody has described me in any term close to that, and she’s never used those terms.” Indeed, “it was a day of jokes, handshakes and heated rhetoric” for Jindal, according to the Indianapolis newspaper. At one stop, Jindal even slipped in some talk about the state he governs, saying: “And by the way in Louisiana, we make no apologies for clinging to our guns and religion.” Read the full story and see a photo of Jindal laying the laughs on some Iowans here.