Posted on 11/26/2007 4:48:16 AM PST by pookie18
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Would Barbour run? Is he pretty conservative? I know he is popular as governor.
MY THEORY:
Larry Flynt has the goods on him.
Well that puts the cap on the scuttlebutt I had been hearing as well. Guess he wants a piece of the lobbyist pie. Can’t blame him he’s been staring at it for years...
Also that 1974 Congress was radical, produced what the media affectionately termed the “Watergate babies”. Some will be rturning to Cabinet posts in 2009. The GOP also had very bad candidates running in 1974, so much so that Bob Dole was probably the best on the ballots of any states.
Great news.
Lott was NEVER a Republican. He was always a Demo in Elephant’s clothing. His change from Dem to GOP was never real and always just about staying electable in a changing state.
Good riddance.
The insane have "visions of grandeur".....don't they?
You are absolutely right. NM and CO are heading toward electing the Udall cousins — a two-seat pickup right there too. And the Republicans in those states haven’t a clue how to fight back. Both of these have been GOP seats since 1972 and 1978, respectively.
Yes, a MN governor named Anderson did that when HHH died. He failed to hold the seat.
It would be foolhardy for Barbour to name himself after being reelected only this month.
If the GOP cannot hold this seat, and I am unsure that it can, then we will be going the way of the Whigs in 2009-2010.
Not directly but he can in resign with the undstanding he will be appointed to the job by the Lt Gov. that replaces them.We had a Minnesota Gov do that in the 1970s or 80s.
See comments 26 & 73
GOOD ! I heard him on the Hannity Radio show on the Border deal, what a major disappointment he was
KBH might win the gubernatorial nomination based on name ID alone. People in TX don’t like voting in “unknowns”. They like “known” candidates like LBJ and the Bushes.
On the contrary, you can’t show me one poll where a Thompson or Huckabee beats Hillary in the key states, but I can show you plenty where the Republican vote in the “red” states is barely affected by a Romney or Guliani. Look at SurveyUSA’s recent head-to-head, statewide polls. (BTW, McCain does best of all, for what it’s worth).
Great and none too soon. I still am livid over him controlling the squelching of putting Bill Clinton on trial during the impeachment so the American people wouldn’t have a chance to hear about the evidence locked up in the Ford Building.
wow, yeah, there hasn’t been any further attention to that subject. Trent must have bent under pressure.
Wah, wah, wah. Lott doesn't want to hear from the "little people" - ie. real Americans - that ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
As if he couldn't get along on the triple figures salary he was being paid to be a Senator plus the pension he'll now get?! He was a SELLOUT during the Impeachment and he's a SELLOUT now!!!!!!!!
Who really wants Lott out there lobbying - other than corporate interests? He won't be acting in the name of the American people.
I forgot about that thanks. The sleeping RINO Warner who missed catching on to the gutting of our military by both presidents GHW Bush and Clinton and has done nothing about it afterward what a legacy for a senator to go out with. His early retirement would be welcomed also.
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