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Haley Barbour's fundraising takes off
Politico ^ | 06/24/2010 | Kenneth P. Vogel

Posted on 06/24/2010 1:08:50 PM PDT by speciallybland

As Haley Barbour continues brushing aside speculation about his presidential prospects, the Mississippi governor is discreetly building a complex political operation rivaling those of any other 2012 GOP presidential prospects.

His apparatus, which has socked away hundreds of thousands of dollars this year alone, will get a major boost — as will the Barbour 2012 buzz — when the governor takes some time away from the Gulf oil spill threatening his home region’s shorelines to attend a big fundraiser Thursday for one of his three political action committees.

The fundraiser, set for adjoining hot spots in Washington’s trendy Glover Park neighborhood, has been the talk of Washington GOP circles, boasting a host committee that reads like a next-generation GOP bundling and campaign dream team.

Ascendant lobbyists for the health insurance, tobacco, liquor, defense and pharmaceutical industries are jockeying for space on the host committee with hotshot, young finance professionals and accomplished political operatives such as media strategist Phil Musser and election lawyer Michael Toner — both of whom were coveted early signings by another prospective GOP 2012 candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty — robocall maestro Tony Feather and Phil Cox, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s campaign manager.

Sources said the event is expected to raise as much as $60,000 for a political action committee Barbour established last year in Georgia, which allows such committees to accept the huge corporate checks barred by more restrictive campaign rules at the federal level and in the two-term governor’s home state of Mississippi.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2012; barbour; haleybarbour
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To: gulfcoast6

I was born in a small MS town and there is no better state than that one. I don’t care what the reputation is as long as it keeps the liberals out of it.


21 posted on 06/24/2010 1:57:23 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: Notary Sojac

It wasn’t 72 hours ago Barbour was saying all the good things Obama was doing for the area. Then he back tracked that of course Mississippi was in quite a different situation than LA. Weeks ago on Morning Joe he established all the advantages of having RINO’s in left leaning states, but with such affection for them you knew he was running for office, down the middle, without us as his base, to get those moderate, Rino votes which have kept all of us asleep for the last 30-40 years. He has the silver tongue of a southern charmer and has stated no where lately that the constitution is in real trouble. Does that not tell you he’s entrenched establishment and moderate, and from the old school? We ignore new blood at our own peril. These old guys know nothing but old politics.


22 posted on 06/24/2010 1:58:16 PM PDT by RitaOK
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To: RitaOK
"These old guys know nothing but old politics."

You're right. How horrible it would be to have GOP politicians who actually understand politics. /s

New blood is terrific. Of course, sometimes "new blood" says or does incredibly stupid things, jeopardizing what should be an insurmountable advantage. Rand Paul anyone?

Why you think that having a politician understand perfectly well how politics works, is some kind of detriment, is a mystery.

National politics is a full contact death sport. No one understands this better than Haley Barbour. Of course, you'd probably rather have some inexperienced rube get crushed by Obama's war machine, because they don't have the experience to know how to fight back effectively. Politics is messaging, and there aren't too many Republican politicians who understand messaging better than Haley Barbour.

23 posted on 06/24/2010 2:07:10 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: pissant; Artemis Webb
I’d put him in the 2nd tier or desirable candidates with Palin and Jindal.
No one without "General" or "Governor" in front of his name is presidential timber. Period. The only times senators win is when they are opposed by a senator, so one of them had to win. The only exception is Warren G. Harding, who defeated a governor after the Wilson administration.
Governor Palin draws crowds like no other, and Governor Barbour is strong with the media. Governor Jindal has his points. Just spare us the RiNOs, and spare us the senators and the governors who have been around too long. Some believe that Palin is damaged goods after the beating Big Journalism applied to her in the past two years, but IMHO she can handle herself as long as she is running her own campaign instead of being "handled" for a RINO at the top of the slate. And, IMHO, she won't accept second billing again.

24 posted on 06/24/2010 2:31:19 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ( DRAFT PALIN)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
He told a crowd how he formed a coalition of conservatives and RINOs ... as a road map to victory ...

Continue to share your wisdom, conservatism, and perspective on FR Conservativegreatgrandma. We need victory. We need a majority in the House to allow Rep. Darrell Issa's subpoenas to have results. Like you, I'd rather win with a coalition of 'less than perfect soldiers' than to lose the war for the nation's soul.

25 posted on 06/24/2010 2:36:02 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

I’d say with the exception of Reagan, we had quite a sh*tty time of it electing governors. Maybe we should go with death row inmates. It’d be an improvement.


26 posted on 06/24/2010 2:52:06 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: speciallybland

Oh yuck! Another professional politician who would sell his soul for a deal.


27 posted on 06/24/2010 2:56:13 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: speciallybland
The worse things get for the country the better shot Barbour has. At some point the slide will get far down enough that folks will be looking less for popularity and words and more for results.

That is Barbour's strength.

28 posted on 06/24/2010 2:57:29 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Christians: Stand for Christ or stand aside...)
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To: ohiogrammy
That is just classic Haley, look under the old Southern concept of “well bless your heart”...
29 posted on 06/24/2010 3:00:45 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Christians: Stand for Christ or stand aside...)
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To: RitaOK
If your definition of “old Politics” is from the Reagan era, then you're right.

And if that's a bad thing from a conservative standpoint we are doomed.

A Reagan like approach is exactly what saved us from Carter and it will take one even bolder to save us from Obama...

30 posted on 06/24/2010 3:04:36 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Christians: Stand for Christ or stand aside...)
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To: Servant of the Cross
How nice of you. I try to be reasonable and I like your Freeper name. I do not believe for one minute I am compromising my principles by trying to get Republican majorities. I consider that to be far more noble than allowing Democrats to get an ever tighter grip on our lives.

It's much easier to keep captured territory than to surrender it waiting for perfect soldiers and then needing to recapture it.

If we're in the mess we're in now because a bunch of Republican voters decided they wanted to teach the Republican party a lesson, this has been a mighty difficult lesson to learn. It has been a disaster.

It is a very simple fact that if it weren't for those 3000 "third party" voters in MN, we wouldn't be in this mess. Voting straight Republican is the only way to go. Fight it out in the primary and then vote straight Republican.

31 posted on 06/24/2010 3:15:25 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Brices Crossroads; mick
Ascendant lobbyists for the health insurance, tobacco, liquor, defense and pharmaceutical industries are jockeying for space on the host committee with hotshot, young finance professionals and accomplished political operatives such as media strategist Phil Musser and election lawyer Michael Toner...

FYI -- looks like K Street has their man for 2012.

32 posted on 06/24/2010 3:55:48 PM PDT by Al B.
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To: gulfcoast6

You read my mind. Thad is ready to come home.


33 posted on 06/24/2010 4:17:29 PM PDT by SlidingW (October 9, 2009 - I Was Here!)
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To: pissant

I don’t care how many professionals he can hire to run his campaign. That usually gets us the Doles and Romneys and Mccains and Bushes.


Correct. These “professionals” are just Democrats in Disguise...and many of them have either worked, or will work at some other time...for a liberal.

You are not going to get real conservatism from Haley Barbour, I am afraid


34 posted on 06/24/2010 4:22:53 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com. You either voting for JD, or voting for the Liberal...)
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To: Al B.

Haley has ZERO chance, as we both know. Romney is the guy they are pinning their hopes on. The Establishment is casting about for someone who can divide the conservative vote and deny Palin the nomination, allowing Romney to win by pluralities. Sort of like a 2012 version of Phil Crane.

They know that one on one in SC that Palin will clean Romney’s clock. Even in a three way race with Huckabee, she still wins easily. They must think that if they stack the field with enough “conservatives” they can dilute her vote. Nice try, but Haley Barbour is a one percenter at best ( and he is only conservative when it is expedient bo be so). Ergo, no sale.

Memo the K Street: If this is the best plan you have got, I suggest that you collectively move yourselves to Switzerland. You aren’t going to like it when the new President starts to clean your Augean stables like she did the ones in Alaska.


35 posted on 06/24/2010 4:24:11 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
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To: speciallybland
Haley and Bobby....sounds like a plan.
36 posted on 06/24/2010 6:18:43 PM PDT by stboz
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To: OldDeckHand

An intriguing ticket:

Haley Barbour/Chris Christie 2012. America needs Heavy Weights, not Light Weights!


37 posted on 06/24/2010 6:18:50 PM PDT by yongin
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To: yongin
There was a great article about that a few months ago - wish I could remember the source.

The gist of it was that fat Presidents generally preside over peace and prosperity, while rail-thin, fit Presidents usually give the country moral crusades and expanded government power.

Hey, we are picking a leader of the executive branch, we're not casting a chick flick.

38 posted on 06/24/2010 6:33:39 PM PDT by Notary Sojac (I've been ionized, but I'm okay now.)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
It's much easier to keep captured territory than to surrender it waiting for perfect soldiers and then needing to recapture it. If we're in the mess we're in now because a bunch of Republican voters decided they wanted to teach the Republican party a lesson, this has been a mighty difficult lesson to learn. It has been a disaster.

Words of wisdom, thank you.
39 posted on 06/24/2010 6:48:03 PM PDT by mstar
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To: mstar
I worked for sixteen years in our state legislature. Much of that time I was working for a great conservative who was chairman of the Human Resources Committee. We had the majority but barely and I experienced first hand the frustration of working with RINOs, who you could not count on them coming through at the right time BUT they still served a valuable service--without them we would not have had the majority and unless you are in the majority, it is IMPOSSIBLE to advance an agenda.

It would be nice if there was the luxury of waiting for true conservatives but you have to build a majority any way you can. The strategy is simple--fight it out in the primaries but after that you MUST vote straight Republican.

You must have Republican committee chairs and there's only one way to get it--vote straight Republican.

40 posted on 06/24/2010 7:11:15 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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