U.S. President Obama talks about the importance of growing the U.S. economy while at the Port of New OrleansThrough Mark Felsenthal NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A travel by way of President Barack Obama to the Port of New Orleans on Friday was once a chance for him to focus on the economic system and divert consideration from the stricken launch of his signature healthcare insurance coverage program. As a substitute, the consult with was a spat over Obamacare with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a imaginable Republican presidential contender. Jindal met Air Drive One when it landed and attended Obama's speech to a crowd of about 650 individuals on a wharf on the Mississippi River. Obama first delivered a pitch for the introduction of jobs through fixing roads, dredging ports and modernizing the U.S. air traffic control device.