The conservative newsmagazine, The Weekly Standard, had a very interesting piece on Haley Barbour with the 2012 angle in mind. The Mississippi governor also graced the cover of the December 27th issue- as shown on the right. Here is a link to the article.
The piece, by Andrew Ferguson, has to be one of the most in-depth pieces I have read on Barbour covering the more traditional topics you would expect such as Barbour’s role in GOP wins in both 1994 and 2010, his time in D.C. as a lobbyist, along with his tenure as governor- including his work following Katrina and the difficult budget matters he’s faced year in, year out. Then there are the other issues; one I’ll simply quote Ferguson on: “You don’t have to be a Midwestern weenie to imagine Barbour as the Southern sheriff in Deliverance, squinting at Jon Voight through aviator sunglasses and suggesting he might want to get his pale Yankee butt out of town.”
Majority in Miss.
12/19/10
Magnolia Tribune
