Indian-American Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has disclosed that he was approached by the McCain campaign to be a possible running mate of the Republican nominee in the November 4 polls, but he declined the offer as he was satisfied with his current position.

“They actually contacted me and asked me to be vetted. And we politely declined. I said I was honoured that they wanted me to do that, but the reality is that I do have the job that I want. I’ve been Governor for about a year now,” he told MSNBC when asked if he was surprised when the Republicans did not even attempt to vet him.

His remarks came a week after Republican Senator John McCain was trounced by Afro-American Democrat Barack Obama in the historic presidential polls.

The 37-year-old Louisiana Governor said he was “flattered” when he was asked to be vetted. But, added that “I told them what I said all along, which was that I’ve got the job that I want. I certainly support the ticket, but didn’t want to be part of the ticket.” “...I was even flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence with some of those other names,” Jindal said.

The election of Obama as the 44th President of the US has started off a thinking in many quarters that anything is possible in the American democracy and that someone like Jindal could make it to the Oval Office in the near future.

Jindal, who has not expressed any such political drive right now, argued that one would have to look past the McCain campaign to see why the Grand Old Party lost on November 4.