Hampton – Barbour has place in 2012 election

Hampton – Barbour has place in 2012 election

Is Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour running for president in 2012?

That question gets chuckles and eye-rolls from some, mostly the governor himself. But after all of his sidestepping statements, a list of reasons why not and funny self-deprecating jokes to change the subject, the question remains.

It’s a valid one.

Barbour moves as easily among the national Republican Party elite as he does on the streets of Yazoo City. He is one of the top Republican strategists and has been for more than two decades. He is known and respected.

Clarion-Ledger
6/14/9