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January 28, 2011

Bobby Harrison analyzes recent party switching in MS

New GOP Rep. Rogers known as a swing vote Party switching is nothing new. Politicians have been doing it for numerous years for various reasons. Most often, perhaps always, the switch in Mississippi is from Democrat to Republican. But in other parts of the country, the switch has been known to go the opposite way.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 28, 2011

MS Governor Haley Barbour courts Upstate Republicans

Barbour courts Upstate Republicans I’ve got to get my budget done in Mississippi,” he said. “I’m going to complete my obligations to the people of Mississippi before I run for anything else.” Henry Barbour, the governor’s nephew who is considered an increasingly powerful player in the Republican Party, said Wednesday’s meetings in the Upstate were…