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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Haley Barbour

Haley Barbour stories: 8 news summaries
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Axelrod Won't 
 Rule Out 
 Second 
 Stimulus 

Grassley says GOP 'won't be hoodwinked' on health care reform

Jun 28, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - With unemployment rates still rising, the White House isn’t ruling out the possibility of a second stimulus package, The Hill reports. On This Week, David Axelrod refused to “prejudge” the issue. But on Face the Nation, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour countered, “The real long-term effect is very... More »

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climate change • health care • Haley Barbour • economic stimulus package • David Axelrod • Gen. Ray Odierno


 Miss. Gov 
 Tests Waters 
 for 2012 

Connections, experience serve Haley Barbour well

Jun 24, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another face to watch for 2012: Haley Barbour. The Mississippi governor is traveling the country this week, appearing at Republican fundraisers and conferences in what many see as a warm-up for a 2012 run, CQ Politics reports. A Republican consultant says Barbour, 61, has a good shot in a year... More »

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Republican Party • Mississippi • Republican nomination • Republican candidate • governor • Haley Barbour • presidential bid • Election 2012

GOP Rivals Slowly Emerge for 2012 Battle

Barbour, Pawlenty
only the first to begin making political waves

Jun 4, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 presidential campaign was one of the longest in history, but be prepared: As the Washington Post reports, the 2012 race may be even longer. With the Republican Party at its weakest point in decades, possible challengers to Barack Obama are already scrambling for position. The latest: Mississippi governor... More »

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Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Haley Barbour • presidential candidates • presidential election • John Thune • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

OPINION

GOP Guvs Right to See Stimulus Cash as 'Trap'

Say law is a 'budget trap' that will hook them on more spending

Feb 23, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Five Republican governors are threatening to turn down much of their stimulus windfall, afraid of taking addictive doses of spending on education, welfare, and health care that the states would have to shoulder in 2011 and beyond. And they're right to worry, the Wall Street Journal says. Take enrolling new... More »

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government spending • Rick Perry • Bobby Jindal • Haley Barbour • economic stimulus package • Mark Sanford • state budgets • Republicans

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Governator: Obama Needs 'Team Players'

Calls out fellow GOP
as McConnell calls for fast Burris hearing

Feb 22, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging politicians of all political stripes to line up behind President Obama. “I feel very strongly that President Obama right now needs team players,” the California governor told ABC’s This Week, noting that partisan wrangling creates “insecurity.” Schwarzenegger also called his fellow... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Mitch McConnell • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Haley Barbour • Roland Burris

GOP Split on How Dire the Post-Election Straits Are

Older members see perfect ugly storm in '08 loss; youngsters see broader woes

Nov 17, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Successive election disasters have the Republican Party split over its health, Politico reports. Older figures, like Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, say it’s been worse, and the GOP just needs to hold tighter to its core principles. But up-and-comers disagree. Says Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, “The Republican Party is... More »

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Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Haley Barbour • Republican Governors Association • Election 2008

Wicker Will
Step Into
Lott's Shoes

Mississippi governor picks conservative Republican

Jan 1, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Mississippi's governor has chosen Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative Republican, to take Trent Lott's vacant seat in the US Senate until a special election can be called, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. After 35 years, Lott quit this month, a year into his 6-year term. The timing of the special election... More »

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Republican • Senate • Trent Lott • Mississippi • Haley Barbour • Roger Wicker

Miss. Governor  Wins 2nd Term

Barbour reelected on strength of his post-Katrina leadership

Nov 6, 07 11:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Mississippi's GOP Gov. Haley Barbour was reelected to a second term last night, defeating Democrat John Arthur Eaves Jr. by a comfortable 20 percentage points. Barbour campaigned on his effectiveness in leading the state's recovery from  Hurricane Katrina while Eves, wielding a bible,  focused on his religious credentials and... More »

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Haley Barbour • John Arthur Eaves Jr.

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