Topic: Haley Barbour

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said on Monday he will not run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 in a decision that came as a bit of surprise.After spending weeks visiting the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire ...

Nevada's problems may shape fiscal conservatives' outlookIowa is emerging as the early primary state where Republican contenders will prove their social conservative chops, but the path through Nevada winds through an economically devastated state where the fiscal issues of jobs and government ...

The Republican presidential field, if it can even be called that yet, has begun an early flirtation with Nevada's GOP power structure.The latest example: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's quick swing through Northern Nevada on Tuesday where he met with Republican lawmakers, party ...

Mississippi's Barbour: Tea party-backed winners on election day likely to be in GOP caucusA leading Republican Party figure says tea party-backed congressional candidates who win elections Tuesday will consider themselves part of the GOP when they come to Washington.Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ...

Barbour predicts GOP will capture control of House, calls Senate a harder challengeMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he's confident Republicans will take control of the House in Tuesday's elections, but not likely the Senate.Barbour tells CBS's "The Early Show" that recapturing control ...

Looking ahead to the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, oneforegone conclusion is that President Barack Obama will run for reelection. The congressional elections in 2010 will helpdetermine what direction the country is moving in, but people have alreadybegun speculating over who will be ...

Miss. governor says oil hits the state for the 1st time on barrier islandMississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says oil is hitting the state for the first time.Barbour said Tuesday that a two-mile long, three-feet wide strand of caramel-colored oil has been found ...

Obama calls Miss. governor after deadly tornadoes, discusses oil rig leakPresident Barack Obama is expressing his concern for the people of Mississippi after a deadly tornado struck the state over the weekend.Obama called Republican Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday to discuss the ...

Mississippi governor says no higher standard for him as a 'fat redneck' with a Southern accentRace and "fat rednecks" and Republicans.First there's national Republican Party chairman Michael Steele, who has come under criticism for his leadership. Steele says he thinks he's being ...

Mississippi Republican governor calls Obama policies a "man-made disaster"Evoking the memory of Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is telling Republicans that the policies of President Barack Obama and other Democrats are a "man-made disaster."Barbour on Saturday addressed the Southern Republican Leadership ...