Kuwedzera kufungidzira, McCain akakoka Jindal, Gavhuna Charlie Crist weFlorida, Gavhuna Tim Pawlenty weMinnesota uye vaimbova vavengi vaMcCain Mitt Romney naMike Huckabee kuti vasangane kumba kwaMcCain muArizona musi waMay 23, 2008, maererano neRepublican yaiziva nezvechisarudzo ichi; Romney, Huckabee, naPawlenty, vose vakanga vava kutozivana naMcCain, vakaramba nekuda kwezvisungo zvapfuura. Musangano wacho ungave wakava nechinangwa chakasiyana, zvakadai sokurangarira Jindal nokuda kwemukana wokutaura pa2008 Republican National Convention, nenzira yakafanana naBarack Obama pa2004 Democratic National Convention
, achimupa nzvimbo mubato uye achivhura suo nokuda kwokumhanya kwenguva yemberi nokuda kwoutungamiri. Kufungidzira kwakawedzerwa nemishumo yakaitika panguva imwe chete musi waJuly 21, 2008, yokuti McCain akanga achishanyira Louisiana kamwe kamwe kuti ataurezve naJindal uye kuti McCain akanga achigadzirira kudana mukwikwidzi wake mukati mevhiki. Zvisinei, musi waChikunguru 23, 2008, Jindal akati aisazove mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weRepublican muna 2008. Jindal akawedzera kuti iye "haana kumbotaura kuna seneta [McCain] pamusoro pebasa romutevedzeri wapurezidhendi kana kuti mifungo yake pamusoro pokusarudza mutevedzeri wapurezidhendi". Pakupedzisira, musi waAugust 29, 2008, McCain akasarudza Gav. Sarah Palin wokuAlaska somumiriri wake. Nepo Jindal akapiwa nzvimbo yokukurukura panguva yakanakisisa pakokorodzano yebato, haana kupiwa hurukuro inokosha. Mukati mekuronga musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika, Jindal akaratidza kufarira maSenator McCain naObama, uye akataura kuti vese vakaita zvakanaka kurudzi.