Comments on: Barbour’s Out http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Vitamin B16 » Carnival of Hurricane Relief, #24 http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12522 Vitamin B16 » Carnival of Hurricane Relief, #24 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:46:19 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/08/barbours-out/#comment-12522 [...] Barbour’s OutPolitical fallout from Katrina. [...] [...] Barbour’s OutPolitical fallout from Katrina. [...]

]]> By: Aaron http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12473 Aaron Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:36:34 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/08/barbours-out/#comment-12473 Rudy as pres. Huckabee or Allen as VP to shore up the base. It might be a step down for Barbour to take over as the head of FEMA in 2008. With all his experience rebuilding Mississippi, he'd definitely be qualified for it. Rudy as pres. Huckabee or Allen as VP to shore up the base.

It might be a step down for Barbour to take over as the head of FEMA in 2008. With all his experience rebuilding Mississippi, he’d definitely be qualified for it.

]]> By: Sean P http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12467 Sean P Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:29:29 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/08/barbours-out/#comment-12467 Huckabee seems a better choice than Barbour for VP on a number of levels. Barbour was a longtime Washington insider and probably the wrong person to make the public face of the party in 2008, when the public will be predisposed to voting for a fresh face. Also, Barbour was a bit too cozy with the neoconfederate groups that indirectly brought down Lott a few years back. I'd rather see Rudy than Huckabee as the Presidential nominee, but Huckabee might be a good #2 pick. Huckabee seems a better choice than Barbour for VP on a number of levels. Barbour was a longtime Washington insider and probably the wrong person to make the public face of the party in 2008, when the public will be predisposed to voting for a fresh face. Also, Barbour was a bit too cozy with the neoconfederate groups that indirectly brought down Lott a few years back. I’d rather see Rudy than Huckabee as the Presidential nominee, but Huckabee might be a good #2 pick.

]]> By: Ryan Bonneville http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12460 Ryan Bonneville Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:43:10 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/08/barbours-out/#comment-12460 Barbour is a solid governor and, more importantly, a decent human being. There's no reason why he can't finish up what he has to do in Mississippi and then take a spot in President McCain's cabinet one day. Barbour is a solid governor and, more importantly, a decent human being. There’s no reason why he can’t finish up what he has to do in Mississippi and then take a spot in President McCain’s cabinet one day.

]]> By: Dennis http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/08/barbours-out/comment-page-1/#comment-12452 Dennis Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:17:06 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/08/barbours-out/#comment-12452 “Why would a Republican pick a running mate from Mississippi?” Well, he might if he were the former mayor of New York and needed to shore up some social conservative credentials. Or at least that's the theory I've been espousing all along. How dare Haley screw up my plans! :-) I'm inclined to believe politicians when they say pretty definitively they're not running for president, but since the veep job is something that's more or less thrust upon you, I wouldn't discount Barbour's chances entirely. Still, he's more or less said the nominee would have to be a fool to pick him, so my guess is his chances now are slim. Maybe Giuliani/Huckabee? “Why would a Republican pick a running mate from Mississippi?”

Well, he might if he were the former mayor of New York and needed to shore up some social conservative credentials. Or at least that’s the theory I’ve been espousing all along. How dare Haley screw up my plans! :-)

I’m inclined to believe politicians when they say pretty definitively they’re not running for president, but since the veep job is something that’s more or less thrust upon you, I wouldn’t discount Barbour’s chances entirely. Still, he’s more or less said the nominee would have to be a fool to pick him, so my guess is his chances now are slim.

Maybe Giuliani/Huckabee?

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