In addition to getting a nice write-up by Adam Nossiter on the front page of today’s New York Times for making Louisiana second to none among states with ethics laws, Bobby Jindal made the paper’s quotation of the day:

“This is huge. This is a sea change. This will seriously, dramatically change things.” (D. W. HUNT, a veteran Louisiana lobbyist, on an extensive ethics package approved there this week)

Jindal successfully answered the mood of hurricane-traumatized citizens, opening Louisiana’s doors for clean business, and proclaiming that he was riding the crest of reform spurred by survivors who wanted “to rethink how they wanted their social institutions to be designed, how they wanted services to be delivered, what kind of state they wanted to call home.”

The big question remaining for the ambitious Republican is — especially since the press failed to get him to talk about issues during his campaign — what’s next?

I’ll withhold judgment on Jindal’s legacy as a reformer. Given the sour mood of legislators, as exemplified by Lower Ninth Ward State Representative Charmaine Marchand’s complaint that she can’t get enough “wiggle room” with $50 on tacos from a lobbyist, it remains to be seen if Jindal’s reforms will have the strength to overcome such piggish attitudes.