Bobby Jindal is like extra Christmas for Dems

Bobby Jindal is really the gift that gives on giving.  After pretending not to know what magnetic levitation trains were, and pretending that it was some kind boondoggle Abbie Hoffman hippie weirdo thing worthy of derision on national TV, Jindal has decided that Louisiana needs some federal train money, for a high-speed rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.  

Last Tuesday, Jindal said the following:

"While some of the projects in the bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending," Jindal said. "It includes ... $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, such as a 'magnetic levitation' line from Las Vegas to Disneyland."

Then, on Friday,  the Louisiana Transportation Department, overseen by Jindal, requested $110m that would be used to create new track and extend a spur line to create high speed rail from New Orleans to the LA capital.

Now despite the fact that high-speed rail from Vegas to Los Angeles would connect the 2nd and 28th largest American cities, whereas a New Orleans to Baton rouge line would connect the 64th and 82nd largest cities...

Asked for comment Friday about the Jindal stance on the federal rail money, the governor's Chief of Staff Timmy Teepell said he does not think the Las Vegas to Anaheim line is a good use of taxpayer money. He did not address the Louisiana proposal.