How is this guy Barbour, a Miss governor able to steer any amount of money to Mass or any other state?
I thought a governor was there to run the state of the people he was elected to serve. What business is this of his?
I’m learning more about the goings on in politics in this election cycle than all the others combined.
Gov. Barbour is the head of the RGA, Republican Governor’s Association, it raises money and spends it on governor races across the nation.
It’s a campaign committee similar to the ones both parties have for the House and Senate
This is how - a short bio from Wikipedia:
Before being elected Governor, Barbour worked as a lawyer and lobbyist, was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate and also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997, during which time the Republicans captured both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1954. On June 24, 2009, Barbour was elected the new Chairman of the Republican Governors Association, following the resignation of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as its leader.