McCain-Barbour Makes the Rounds Again
More news from the SRLC:
Addressing a not-quite-full ballroom in the after-dinner slot, Barbour picked up the McCain banner of the weekend: all the straw polls in the world pale in comparison to the task ahead in ’06.
And later, in emotional remarks about the impact of Katrina upon his native state, the governor singled out McCain for praise, saying that the “deficit hawk” came to the aid of Mississipi as they sought federal relief to rebuild the coast. Barbour said that McCain carried the message that the package that Sen’s Lott and Cochran were pushing was “really a conservative solution.”
Again, though, we see McCain’s unpopularity with this crowd:
The mentions of McCain, though, won little applause from the audience. In fact, Barbour seemed to in general almost lecture the group, directly prodding them for applause at one point.
Maybe Rudy G. is still just being smart by laying low – I go back and forth on whether his lack of a big move yet is a brilliant stroke or a sign of someone who isn’t running…
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