Indeed.

Tampa, Florida (CNN) — In the wake of a debt ceiling agreement that chafed elected Republicans and conservative activists alike, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal urged his party Thursday to avoid future compromises and embrace the politics of stubbornness.

No matter how unpopular it may be, the Republican explained, drastically reducing the size of government is the only pathway to economic freedom and job creation.

“It pays to be stubborn,” Jindal said during a speech to the Republican National Committee’s summer meeting in Tampa. “The press is constantly urging compromise. They root for it like it is the highest possible virtue, the sign of true maturity and achievement in life.”

Jindal was the headline speaker of the RNC meeting, and he used the opportunity to deliver a lengthy and scathing critique of President Barack Obama’s economic record. The president has pushed the country to an economic “tipping point,” he said.

But in the course of calling for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and an “all out push” to restructure government, he also appeared to criticize Republicans in Congress for losing sight of their conservative principles.

“I served in Congress for a few years,” Jindal said. “The idea that Congress will ever get our economic house in order without brute force is silly.”