Barbour didn't think he could beat Obama

[brooklynite]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON — Haley Barbour ultimately decided not to run for president after concluding that Barack Obama will be too tough to beat in a general election race, according to two advisers familiar with the Mississippi governor’s decision making.

Barbour "wanted to run, he would have loved it,” said one of the advisers (who both asked for anonymity). But while he saw a path to winning the Republican nomination, the governor and his inner circle became gun-shy when they considered Barbour’s prospects of prevailing against Obama and a likely united Democratic party behind him in the general election, the advisers said.

“It would have required an inside straight,” said one adviser.

Barbour and his team were convinced that he could emerge as the conservative alternative to presumptive front-runner Mitt Romney in the GOP primary contest and ultimately win the party’s nomination. But beating Obama looked far more problematic.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42764804/ns/politics-decision_2012/

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A smart Republican -- who knew?

[Skinner]

1. Interesting.

And I think he's probably right.

[soleft]

17. I like this post

[CTyankee]

2. I'm sure he had the thing focus grouped.

somebody whispered in his ear "You are a mush mouthed, old, white slob. Fuhgettabout it."

[opihimoimoi]

3. We on the Left did....we all knew....no one wants to lose their Presidential Virginity

The electorate demands fresh blood for their presidents.......no non-virgins

Nixon was the last??

[TlalocW]

4. Someone told him that Black people could vote

And suddenly he realized he had no chance.

TlalocW

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. No shit

Only the wackadoo Freepers and bitterest of bitter leftists think Obama is in trouble electorally. It's good that they say so publically, so we'll know who to laugh at in November 2012.

[Zorra]

6. The local high school football team didn't think they could beat the Packers.

And Barbour had less chance of beating Obama than the local HS football team did of beating the Packers.

[bullwinkle428]

7. Whaaaaaaat? Junior Samples doesn't have what it takes to fix America?

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Now that's funny

:thumbsup:

[MineralMan]

8. What? Foghorn Leghorn gets one right?

I'm shocked, I tell you.

Ah say...ah say...there ain't no way, son..."

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. "A smart Republican -- who knew?" Yup, you don't see one of those everyday.

A rare find, indeed. :kick:

[Keith Bee]

11. Correction:

Barbour knew damn well that he couldn't defeat the President.

[me b zola]

12. I think that the gop is going to run a "business" person from the NE

I think this is more about the strategy of killing off what is left of our treasury under the guise of "run this country like a business". They know that most republican voters (minus their nutbag base) are quite anxious about the crap that the gop has been proposing. But most republican voters are susceptible to slick used car salesmen who think that government should be run like a business. I also think that is what Trump is doing with all of his antics, floating a balloon for Romney or Pawlenty to see if they can talk the talk of their nutbag base and still keep votes of the majority of republican voters who are still under the delusion that the republican party represents "fiscal discipline".

I don't see the gop going with any of their "folksie" charactors this time around. Just my 2 cents.

[HopeHoops]

13. Well shit. The one Republican contender that isn't a complete fucking idiot bows out.

Go figure.

[provis99]

16. who are you talking about?

Not Haley Barbour, who is not only a complete fucking idiot, but a racist complete fucking idiot.

[HopeHoops]

18. It occurred to me late last night that my post wasn't clear. I DID mean Barbour - BUT

ONLY in the very narrow sense that he was smart for staying out of the race. I know he's a racist idiot.

[FLPanhandle]

14. The eventual Republican nominee will be a sacrificial lamb

No one with serious designs on the presidency will run in 2012, they are waiting for 2016.

Whoever runs against Obama will be some Lifetime Achieve Award winner ala McCain or someone the republicans want to get rid of.

[onehandle]

15. No kidding. nt

[snooper2]

19. inside straight my ass, at least would have taken a nut flush

[No Elephants]

20. It was obvious that "no fire in the belly" was bs.

The defender and complimenter of the WCC didn't want to run against Obama.

Only Heaven knows what else would have surfaced during a campaign. Well, only Heaven and Barbour.