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  WorldNetDaily: No to Haley Barbour
As chairman of the GOP, Barbour was in the limelight, constantly on television and getting a national platform as a spokesman for his party.
But the disqualifier for Barbour is his history as a lobbyist for the Mexican government.
It might be Haley Barbour's pipedream – or it could be America's national nightmare.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43928   (572 words)

  
  Haley Barbour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is the current governor of Mississippi, and a Republican.
Barbour defeated incumbent Democrat Ronnie Musgrove in the general election on November 4, 2003, with 53% of the vote to Musgrove's 46%.
Barbour's response was characterized by a concerted effort at evacuation, tough-minded talk on looters and an unwillingness to blame the federal government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haley_Barbour   (867 words)

  
 ARC | Governor Haley Barbour
A native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, Governor Barbour received a law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1973.
He served as an attorney with the law firm Henry, Barbour, and DeCell from 1973 until 1985, and in 1986 founded the government-relations firm Barbour, Griffith, and Rogers, where he served as chairman and CEO until 2003.
Barbour served as director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years under President Ronald Reagan.
www.arc.gov /index.do?nodeId=780   (108 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Campaigns Under Scrutiny - Haley Barbour in the Hot Seat -- July 24, 1997
KWAME HOLMAN: Haley Barbour, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, is recognized widely as the man who engineered the landslide election of Republicans in 1994 that resulted in the GOP gaining control of both the Senate and the House for the first time in more than 40 years.
HALEY BARBOUR: The RNC had the funds available to pay for all that was done in the 1994 campaigns, with 3 million dollars or more to spare, even if it had not gotten back any of the money it loaned the National Policy Forum.
HALEY BARBOUR: I thought we were having a guarantor that was an entity that could contribute and was contributing.
www.pbs.org /newshour/campaign/july97/hearing_7-24.html   (1216 words)

  
 Jackson metro & state news - The Clarion-Ledger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Barbour wears a lapel pin with the U.S. and state flags and he is in a photograph on the Web site of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a neo-Confederate group accused of racist views.
Barbour said he supported retaining the current flag in a referendum the state held in 2001 on whether to adopt a new design.
Barbour says he doesn't think the emblem is offensive and he did not have fl people express disdain for the flag design to him before the vote.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0310/01/m03.html   (802 words)

  
 Using a Lobbyist's Pull From the Governor's Seat - New York Times
But the back-slapping prowess of Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, a Republican who is legendary on K Street, Washington's Great White Way of influence peddling, has proved invaluable to this storm-rattled state.
Haley Barbour of Mississippi is a longtime force in Washington.
Barbour said one of his priorities would be to use tax credits and other incentives to encourage construction of affordable housing near the coast.
www.nytimes.com /2006/02/21/national/nationalspecial/21barbour.html?ex=1298178000&en=54c1b76f2af197e7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (738 words)

  
 Republican challenger unseats Musgrove - The Clarion-Ledger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Barbour said he got a call from Musgrove conceding the race, which he did not mention at the start of his acceptance speech.
Barbour, 56, whose clientele has included some of the nation's largest tobacco and pharmaceutical companies, spent much of his campaign warding off a "fat cat" label his opponents tried to pin on him.
Barbour, a Yazoo City native, is a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and is known for orchestrating the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0311/05/ma01.html   (888 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Haley Barbour to run for Mississippi governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
At this point, Barbour is the hare and Musgrove is the turtle," said Joseph Parker, a University of Southern Mississippi political scientist.
Barbour — whose only previous run for office was a losing 1982 race against longtime Democratic Sen. John C. Stennis — has been criticizing Mississippi's budget problems and its loss of manufacturing jobs.
But Barbour notes that during his time in Washington — as political director for the Reagan White House, RNC chairman from 1993 to 1997 and as head of a lobbying firm whose clients included Microsoft and Lockheed Martin —; he and his wife maintained a home in Yazoo City on the edge of the Delta.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-07-10-barbour-miss_x.htm   (936 words)

  
 Haley Barbour - SourceWatch
Haley Barbour is the Republican governor of Mississippi.
Barbour was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years during the term of President Ronald Reagan.
Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the Republican National Committee and has strong ties to both George H. Bush and George W. Bush.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Haley_Barbour   (699 words)

  
 djournal.com
As horrible and as devastating as Hurricane Katrina was and as awful as its aftermath continues to be on many, the storm could have the effect of placing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour in position of being one of the front runners for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
Barbour, of course, was a national political player even before being elected governor in 2003.
And knowing Haley Barbour's personality and his career in Washington, it is just hard to imagine him turning his back on a national election if he thinks he has a fighting chance.
www.djournal.com /pages/story.asp?ID=202280&pub=1&div=Opinion   (681 words)

  
 Barbour confirms bid for governor - The Clarion-Ledger
Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chairman, is a Washington lawyer and lobbyist from Yazoo City.
Barbour was not available for comment Tuesday evening, but a spokesman said the letter was not intended to be an official announcement of his candidacy.
Dickerson said the meetings are intended to gauge Barbour's level of support in the event he does decide to run for governor.
orig.clarionledger.com /news/0301/15/m03.html   (612 words)

  
 j u k e d - [An Open Reply to an Open Letter to Haley Barbour]
Haley's firm, Barbour Griffith and Rogers, was hired in 1999 to support Senator Jesse Helms' efforts to pass the State Department Reauthorization Bill.
On the contrary, Barbour made it clear that he supported the position of Congressman Chris Smith, the leader of the effort to enact the Mexico City policy.
Haley's firm, Barbour Griffith and Rogers, was hired by the Embassy of Mexico in August 2001 — eight years after NAFTA became law.
www.juked.com /2004/01/barbour.asp   (874 words)

  
 CNN.com Chat Transcript - Democratic Strategist Peter Fenn and Republican Strategist Haley Barbour - Monday, March 5, ...
Republican strategist Haley Barbour was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to January 1997.
Barbour is chairman of Policy Impact Communications, a Washington, D.C.-based public relations firm, and is a member of the board of advisors for the political action committee, Restoring the American Dream.
Haley Barbour: Well, of course Republicans point that out all the time; it's just that CNN and others in network news choose to not show it on their air.
edition.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/2001/03/05/haley.barbour   (1108 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Editorial / Opinion / Op-ed / Barbour's racist links tar Bush too
Barbour is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee who is running for governor of Mississippi.
Some of Barbour's roots were exposed this month when it was reported that a photo of Barbour is on the home page of the Council of Conservative Citizens, the racist group that is an offshoot of the old segregationist white citizens councils that tried to hold back the civil rights movement.
In the September fund-raiser, Bush said that Barbour is "a fellow that when he picks up the phone, the president might just go ahead and answer it." If Bush answers the phone to come to Mississippi, he has to first condemn Barbour's tacit support of the CCC's use of his photo.
www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/22/barbours_racist_links_tar_bush_too   (682 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Haley Barbour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, recently told the Associated Press that he intends to adopt Mike Huckabee's health improvement initiatives in Mississippi.
Haley Barbour to come up with ideas to redevelop 11 small coastal communities that were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
A photograph of Barbour with CofCC members appeared on the CofCC webpage, and a firestorm of partisan media demanded that Barbour ask for his picture to be removed from the site.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/haley_barbour   (1619 words)

  
 Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to Speak at 2006 NFIB National Small-Business Summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Haley Barbour is the 63rd governor of Mississippi.
Barbour led the fight against lawsuit abuse in Mississippi and helped pass the Tort Reform Act of 2004—legislation The Wall Street Journal called “one of the most comprehensive legal reform bills in the nation.” He also initiated the largest overhaul of workforce development efforts in state history and significantly increased funding for job training.
From 1993 to January 1997, Barbour served two terms as chairman of the Republican National Committee, including the 1994 elections when Republicans won GOP control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years and increased the number of Republican governors from 17 to 32.
www.nfib.com /object/haleyBarbour.html   (414 words)

  
 Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On October 17, 2005, Governor Haley Barbour signed a bill into law that now allows casinos in Hancock and Harrison counties to rebuild on land (but within 800 feet of the water).
Executive authority in the state rests with the Governor, currently Haley Barbour (Republican).
The Lieutenant Governor, currently Amy Tuck (originally elected as a Democrat, she switched to the Republican Party in 2002), is elected on a separate ballot.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi   (2723 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: No to Haley Barbour
As chairman of the GOP, Barbour was in the limelight, constantly on television and getting a national platform as a spokesman for his party.
But the disqualifier for Barbour is his history as a lobbyist for the Mexican government.
It might be Haley Barbour's pipedream – or it could be America's national nightmare.
worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43928   (569 words)

  
 Haley Barbour - The Huffington Post
This is a fantastic multi-year commitment by Governor Haley Barbour and the community college leaders in Mississippi to invest in the states education technology.
Haley Barbour said he supports both Charlie Ross and Phil Bryant - the two Republican candidates attempting to cozy up to the governor in a bid for GOP's lieutenant governor nomination.
Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Mitch Daniels of Indiana have been subpoenaed by lawyers for people who blame their heart attacks or those of family members on the once-popular painkiller Vioxx.
www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Haley+Barbour   (917 words)

  
 Haley for President? - The Fix
Barbour sounds as if, now that there are really serious problems for him to deal with, it's almost too much trouble to be governor.
Barbour is a blimp of corruption with ties to the most selfish part of the Republican Establishment.
Barbour is a mainstream conservative who earned a reputation as a powerful communicator and aggressive fundraiser during his tenure at the Republican National Committee.
blog.washingtonpost.com /thefix/2005/10/haley_for_president.html   (1752 words)

  
 The Smokers Club, Inc. - MS Gov. goes after Antis
Barbour said $5 million could be used to expand a school nurse program; $5 million could go to cancer research, screening, education and treatment; $5 million could be used to maintain anti-tobacco education and advertising; and $5 million could increase the state's effort to fight illegal drugs.
Barbour contends it is unconstitutional for a private organization to receive a portion of the state settlement.
Mike Moore and Haley Barbour are political heavyweights and each is entirely capable of standing his own ground in their public disagreement over the use of Mississippi's tobacco-settlement funds.
www.smokersclubinc.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=951   (8679 words)

  
 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Barbour’s Out
Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he will not run for president in 2008 because he is too busy with Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.
Barbour also dismissed the possibility of a run for vice president in 2008.
Barbour was a longtime Washington insider and probably the wrong person to make the public face of the party in 2008, when the public will be predisposed to voting for a fresh face.
decision08.net /2006/02/08/barbours-out   (552 words)

  
 Governors of Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Haley Barbour, inaugurated January 13, 2004, after five pre-inaugural receptions held across the state, became the second Republican governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction (twice-elected Kirk Fordice, 1992 to 2000, was the first).
Prior to his election, Barbour was founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Barbour Griffith and Rogers, a top lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C. Born October 22, 1947, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he has always kept his home, Barbour’s lineage is deeply rooted in the state’s history.
Barbour’s comments at the Inaugural Lecture on Civic Virtue presented by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, January 12, 2004.
mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature48/governors/Barbour.htm   (309 words)

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