Posted on 03/10/2006 9:54:42 PM PST by WKB
We knew that Trent Lott was getting cozy with John McCain, but after just listening to Haley Barbour speak is there another Mississippian ready to get on board the Straight Talk Express?
Addressing a not-quite-full ballroom in the after-dinner slot, Barbour picked up the McCain banner of the weekend: all the straw polls in the world pale in comparison to the task ahead in '06.
And later, in emotional remarks about the impact of Katrina upon his native state, the governor singled out McCain for praise, saying that the "deficit hawk" came to the aid of Mississipi as they sought federal relief to rebuild the coast. Barbour said that McCain carried the message that the package that Sen's Lott and Cochran were pushing was "really a conservative solution."
The mentions of McCain, though, won little applause from the audience. In fact, Barbour seemed to in general almost lecture the group, directly prodding them for applause at one point.
Beyond the McCain bouquet, Barbour spoke of two necessary components for the GOP to be successful this fall. First, "big turnouts help Republicans." Barbour alluded to his own race in '03, which drew the most voters in the history of the state, and Pres Bush's 04 re-elect as examples.
Second, he said "when campaigns are about issues, Republicans win." Barbour asserted "that most Americans agree with us on the issues." Dems, Barbour said, want to focus elections on "emotion, scandal and personalities."
Also notable was Barbour's taking two direct knocks at the news media -- of which there were many prominent members in the back of the room. He said that it was they, the press, who were driving the unhealthy obsession with '08 WH politicking. Further, he praised the Bush admin's response to Katrina, saying that the feds were of great assistance -- "despite the complaints of the news media." Incidentally, Barbour also said that "faith-based group have been the backbone of our recovery," drawing immeditate and sustained applause from the true-believing audience.
Clearly still consumed (and for good reason) by all things Katrina, Barbour closed his remarks by saying that "it may be years, but the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be back bigger and better than ever before." At this, Barbour won his biggest and longest ovation yet.
She has NEVER been in an election battle in here life.
The V.P. candidate is THE "bulldog". Condi can't pull that role off. And the V.P. candidates debate each other; NOT the presidential ones. And IF you imagine, for even a second, that HITLERY! would accept V.P., then you know less than nothing about, nor understand Mrs. Clinton.
She wants, more then anything else in the whole world, to be the Football Commissioner.
Keep your day job............politics is NOT your forte.
Talk to me in '08. :-)
nite
Wolf
Nighty night.........................
What good is Condi V Hillary then? The V.P. doesn't take on the presidential candidate!
Read my post!
Look, you obviously have almost NO political savvy and please refrain from using wee Dickie the toe sucker as your exemplar of political insight. Morris is stirring the pot, trying to sell a book, and is wrong about just about everything, at least 98.9%of the time.
I adore Barbour; so do most people here. But, should he team up with McQueeg, he's lost me. And no, I don't like that he's playing nicey nicey with him now, according to the article...which I take with a grain of salt.
Rice, as presidential or V.P. candidate, is completely and utterly ridiculous.
You left out Reagan's native liberal IL -- it would never turn its liberal back on the popular liberal HRC.
HRC might could win OH, AR, and WV that Kerry lost.
I'm glad you're just dreaming.
Gun grabber, pro-homosexual, and both pro-choice...just for starters.
Geez
Cogent!
Indeed. But, IMO, Haley's 2012 running mate (assuming a Dem win in 208) followed him to the podium:
Barbour/Watts, baby!
(and yeah, I could tolerate 4 years of a Mark Warner or something before I'd seethe party roll over and send the likes of Gulliani into the White House - so long as it's not Hillary)
Rudy is a gun grabber, so is McCane.
You'd best believe they are. For that matter, there are all too many other so called "republican leaders", who would be, if it didn't cost them votes.
American gun owners have been pandered to, because we tend to stress RKBA at the ballot box. There are a lot of "leaders" who would dump us if they didn't need us.
To know who the gun grabbers are, all one needs do is look at the vote over a year ago to reinstate the AWB.
Look at the pubbies who voted to reinstate it. Don't forget them.
Also, take a look at the vote on stopping gun lawsuits.(Not the recent one, the one before that), Take careful note of who supported Sarah Brady instead of us.
I don't totally trust any of them! Most of them are really convinced that this is a democracy, and that they have to consider what the moonbats tell them.
LOL!
That's cute. ;o)
Barbour, at a banquet, said nice things about a another republican.
wow.
Thats News?
What did people think, he would whip out a pistol and cap McCain?
Class, in a public settings, you try to avoid badmouthing someone and embarrassing yourself and if you can, say something postitive.
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