Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Isku soo wada duuboo, McCain wuxuu casuumay Jindal, Gov. Charlie Crist ee Florida, Gov. Tim Pawlenty ee Minnesota iyo McCain tartamayaashii hore Mitt Romney iyo Mike Huckabee si ay ula kulmaan guriga McCain ee Arizona May 23, 2008, sida uu sheegay Jamhuuriga ku xeel dheer go'aanka; Romney, Huckabee, iyo Pawlenty, oo dhammaantood horeyba si fiican ula yaqaanay McCain, ayaa diiday sababtoo ah ballanqaadyadii hore. Kulanka waxaa laga yaabaa inuu u adeegay ujeedo kale, sida tixgelinta Jindal fursad uu kaga hadlo Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga ee 2008, qaab la mid ah Barack Obama shirkii
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee 2004, wuxuu ku xoojiyay booskiisa xisbiga wuxuuna albaabka u furay tartan mustaqbalka ee madaxtinimada. Mala-awaalka ayaa waxaa kiciyay isla mar ahaantaana July 21, 2008, wararka sheegaya in McCain uu booqasho lama filaan ah ku tagay Louisiana si uu mar kale ula tashado Jindal iyo in McCain uu diyaar u yahay inuu magacaabo saaxiibkiis toddobaad gudihiis. Si kastaba ha noqotee, bishii Luulyo 23, 2008, Jindal wuxuu sheegay inuusan noqon doonin musharaxa madaxweyne ku xigeenka Jamhuuriga ee 2008. Jindal wuxuu intaas ku daray inuusan "waligii la hadlin Senator [McCain] ku saabsan madaxweyne ku xigeenka ama fikirkiisa ku saabsan xulashada madaxweyne ku xigeenka". Ugu danbeyntii, 29kii Agoosto, 2008, McCain wuxuu doortay Gov. Sarah Palin oo reer Alaska ahna ku xigeenkiisa. In kasta oo Jindal la siiyay booska waqtiga ugu sarreeya ee khudbadda shirweynaha xisbiga, looma soo bandhigin khudbadda muhiimka ah. Intii lagu guda jiray ololihii doorashada madaxtinimada, Jindal wuxuu muujiyay ixtiraamka labada Senator McCain iyo Obama, wuxuuna ku adkeystay in labaduba ay wax wanaagsan u soo kordhiyeen qaranka.