Posted on 02/27/2011 9:12:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama is one of America's best politicians ever, according to one of his potential rivals for re-election in 2012.
"The president is one of the greatest politicians in the history of the United States," Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Barbour's comments came during a discussion of Wisconsin's budget battle - a fight that's sparked widespread protests as Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has tried to curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Obama is "quiet [on the issue] because most Americans know this has to be done,"
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I’m sick and tired of Republicans giving Obama compliments of any kind. Enough already. The country is in terrible shape. They should spend their time opposing Obama, not flattering him.
He has definitely lost my vote, if I ever considered voting for him
That’s at least the THIRD time this idiot has praised obama. I keep telling people that Barbour is NOT the one we want to run for president.
What’s he smokin?
Gee if he gets the nomination, he’ll do a McCain—saying that Obama will make a fine president during his second term. For the males that will run in the primary, can we please make it a rule to certify gonads are present?
A vain attempt to build up immunity to the inevitable MSM "fat, old, white, racist Mississippi redneck" flaming tire to be dropped around his neck the moment he looks like he's running.
He won't have a snowball's chance in Hell against Palin anyway.
Cheers!
He owes his poll numbers to his skin color.
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