GOP consultant: Barbour possible presidential nominee, but winning odds are with Obama
A Columbus lobbyist and political consultant is predicting a second term for Barack Obama, but says Haley Barbour may have the best shot of any Republican spoiler.
Keith Heard, a Republican from Brooksville who now makes his home in Columbus, told the Columbus Rotary Club Tuesday, although it pained him to call the 2012 race for Obama, history and statistics are on the president’s side.
First, he explained the American electorate’s long-standing preference for split government. With the exception of a handful of elections, Americans have consistently voted to install opposing parties in the White House and one or both of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Columbus Dispatch
12/16/10
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