In New Hampshire.
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour must have just been stopping by for coffee when he showed up in New Hampshire last week. Governor Barbour has just announced that he won't run for president in 2012.
As it happens, Mr. Barbour revealed his decision on a state holiday, Confederate Memorial Day. This year, the Democratic-controlled State House passed a bill that would have created a Civil Rights Memorial Day to happen on the date each year. It died in committee in the Republican-controlled Senate. The Jackson Free Press reports that the Council of Conservative Citizens -- heirs to the White Citizens Council that Mr. Barbour praised a few months back -- issued a statement taking credit. From the JFP:
"The Mississippi CofCC immediately recognized that the true purpose of the legislation was to wipe out Confederate Memorial Day," Lord said in the statement.
"By placing a black holiday on top of the existing state holiday, the media would gleefully report the black holiday every year and censor all mention of Confederate Memorial Day. ... A petition was immediately drawn up and mailed to MS CofCC and SCV leaders in the states. In only two weeks, thousands of signatures were collected. Enough phone calls were made to state Senators that the Senate version was killed in committee!"
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I'm not surprised by this. My guess is that Barbour read the tea leaves and decided that the momentum favors BO winning in a safe-but-not-overwhelming victory in 2012.
I read somewhere else that lack of name recognition was also a factor, plus his core voting base - Mississippi - wouldn't provide a crucial bump that the GOP wants to swing the electorate.
All this without even getting into his dubious "involvement" with the Civil Rights era.
I'm kind of surprised he's not throwing his hood into the ring.
He said running for president would be a ten-year commitment.... apparently he assumes that he would win, and be re-elected for a second term. What hubris.
Gee, I'm disappointed. sarc.
Thanks to the poster on this forum who pointed this out-
"Why Are the Republicans Afraid of President Obama?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/why-are-the-republicans-a_b_852371.html
In spite of their cheap talk NO Republican wants to take Obama on.
Actions speak louder than words.
BWAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!!!! That makes my day!
"civil rights memorial day" would have been a "black holiday" ? civil rights isn't just for "black people". it's a about equality of all people.