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Republicans Already Rejecting Haley Barbour, Tim Pawlenty

Via Greg Sargent, the Rasmussen Reports poll on 2012 Republican candidates finds most Republican voters trusting Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) on national security and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) on the economy. Another item from the poll: the possible candidates that have been getting a lot of friendly coverage are less popular than media punching [...]


Haley Barbour: Mum on 2012, Chatty on Cooking Frogs

With leading contenders for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination dropping like flies, an increasing amount of buzz has surrounded Haley Barbour, the cigar-chomping former Republican National Committee chairman and current governor of Mississippi. Speculation only crescendoed when Barbour visited Iowa and New Hampshire and met with top Republican strategists.
I caught up with the governor following [...]


Barbour: GOP Needs to Make Room for Supporters of Abortion Rights

The Iowa Independent’s Jason Hancock attended Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s speech at the “Night of the Rising Stars” GOP fundraiser last night in Des Moines, Iowa. Notably, Barbour — who has been mentioned as a possible 2012 presidential candidate — encouraged the party to try to expand its base by making overtures to supporters of [...]


The Loser Now Will Be Later to Win

Mike Allen has the scoop on ResurgentRepublic, a GOP rebranding project launched by Ed Gillespie and Whit Ayres that will conduct polls and hold forums on the future of America’s other, less election-winning party. This part jumps out at me:
ResurgentRepublic’s Advisory Board includes Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, George Allen, Bill Paxon, Vin Weber and Mary [...]