WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was billed as a "coming out party" for one of the GOP's most promising young stars. Gov. Bobby Jindal seemed "over-coached and over-rehearsed," CNN's Candy Crowley said. But after nearly universal criticism was heaped on Gov. Bobby Jindal's high-profile response to President Obama's address to Congress Tuesday night, the Louisiana Republican may be wishing he had stayed home. The criticisms came from all sides of the political spectrum, including from those in conservative circles who have promoted the 36-year-old governor as the GOP's most likely advocate to bring the party back from the brink of irrelevance.
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Critics say Jindal appeared at best off-balance, at worst downright amateur
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An opposition party's response rarely wins wide praise
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Some Republicans praised the content of Jindal's speech
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White House veteran Ed Rollins says he'd never advise a client to give the rebuttal
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Of course, to follow the oratorically skilled @placeholder in any setting is no enviable task, especially when the president had the benefit of incessant applause lines and the pomp-and-circumstance associated with a presidential address to Congress.
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"Conservatives are looking for the conservative version @placeholder, a great orator," Lewis said.
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But if conservatives are looking for someone who is going toe-to-toe with @placeholder, he's the wrong guy."
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"It was perhaps not the most auspicious debut for @placeholder on the national scene, but there is a lot of time left for rehabilitation."