Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuwedzera kufungidzira, McCain akakoka Jindal, Gavhuna Charlie Crist weFlorida, Gavhuna Tim Pawlenty weMinnesota uye vaimbova vavengi vaMcCain Mitt Romney naMike Huckabee kuti vasangane pamba paMcCain muArizona musi waMay 23, 2008, maererano neRepublican inoziva nezvechisarudzo; Romney, Huckabee, naPawlenty, avo vose vakanga vatoziva zvakanaka naMcCain, vakaramba nekuda kwezvisungo zvekare. Musangano wacho ungave wakava nechinangwa chakasiyana, zvakadai sokurangarira Jindal nokuda kwemukana wokutaura pa2008 Republican National Convention, nenzira yakafanana naBarack Obama pa
Democratic National Convention ya2004, ichimupa nzvimbo mubato uye ichivhura suo rekuti azova mutungamiri wenyika. 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.