Washington Whisper: Barbour-Daniels ticket for 2012
Barbour is somebody to watch, say his Republican allies. He served as head of the Republican National Committee under Ronald Reagan, was a successful lobbyist, and then won praise for his Hurricane Katrina cleanup despite the Bush administration’s bumbling efforts there. He’s dismissing the talk, for now, as he focuses on helping Republicans win election to the House and Senate in 2010.
But that hasn’t stopped the buzz in Washington, where we’re already hearing of a 2012 ticket teaming Barbour with another two-term governor, Indiana’s Mitch Daniels. He was a White House political director under Reagan and served as George W. Bush’s first budget chief. Like Barbour, he’s popular in his state, though quick to reject talk of his political future while still in office.
U.S. News and World Report
6/26/9
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