2012

Haley Barbour Is Out

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour isn’t running for president, after all.

In a statement this afternoon, Barbour said he couldn’t offer the kind of committment it takes to successfully mount a campaign for the White House.

“A candidate for president today is embracing a ten-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all Read More

Last Southern Candidate Standing

Aside from Andre Bauer, the South Carolina lieutenant governor who may soon luck into his state’s top job, the biggest beneficiary of Mark Sanford’s sudden fall from grace could actually be the governor of Mississippi.

That would be 61-year-old Haley Barbour, who chaired the Republican National Committee in the mid-1990s and Read More