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Barbour out, GOP ponders as 2012 field takes shape

Barbour out, GOP ponders as 2012 field takes shape

Republican Gov. Haley Barbour bowed out of presidential contention Monday with a surprise announcement just as the 2012 campaign was getting under way in earnest, 18 months before Election Day. The Mississippi governor said he lacked the necessary "absolute fire in the belly" to run....

 

Barbour defends his comments on race, but is the damage to his potential 2012 bid already done?

Barbour defends his comments on race, but is the damage to his potential 2012 bid already done?

Could Haley Barbour's comments on race doom his potential 2012 presidential run before it even starts? On Tuesday, the Mississippi governor sought to clarify his remarks to The Weekly Standard's Andrew Ferguson about growing up at the height of the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

 

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