Bobby Harrison argues in the Daily Journal that Barbour is singlehandedly revitalizing the Democratic Party in the state. I think he has a point. "Haley Barbour lives, eats and sleeps politics. He knows it inside and out. Having said that, Barbour, a Republican political strategist dynamo, has done more to revitalize the Mississippi Democratic Party than any Democrat in the state. He has given a disjointed, divided group of Democrats something to rally behind - public education and Medicaid." [...]
"Barbour made a calculated decision that removing up to 65,000 elderly and disabled citizens from the Medicaid rolls and not fully funding education were better paths than a hike in fees or even an increase in the cigarette tax. Was he right? Time will tell, but he wil face a stronger Democratic Party because of his efforts."
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