Haley Barbour Speaks on Let's Move Campaign

Michelle Obama visited Pecan Park Elementary in Jackson, Miss. today. Read Michelle's speech here.

Barbour and Rendell on Meet the Press

I love the look of joy on Nancy Pelosi's face. She's never been one of my favorites, but she's proven to be a tough cookie. She gets major kudos for seeing the legislation through while putting up with all the personal assaults from the right.
Haley Barbour and other republicans are under the false assumption that the tea partiers represent America. That's their problem. They can't see out of their narrow tunnel:

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Treason Against the Planet

Paul Krugman notes a little denying go on regarding the health of our planet. Haley Barbour told of the republican idea of energy yesterday, nothing that we didn't already know: Drill baby drill and clean coal. Use up our own resources, he said.
It truly will be remarkable if this bill passes the Senate. Apparently, there are a few things still to work out before it's finalized.
Obama will talk more about energy today at 1:15 p.m. eastern.

So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.

But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have to do something about greenhouse gases.

And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.

To fully appreciate the irresponsibility and immorality of climate-change denial, you need to know about the grim turn taken by the latest climate research.

The fact is that the planet is changing faster than even pessimists expected: ice caps are shrinking, arid zones spreading, at a terrifying rate. And according to a number of recent studies, catastrophe — a rise in temperature so large as to be almost unthinkable — can no longer be considered a mere possibility. It is, instead, the most likely outcome if we continue along our present course. Read the rest at NYT

Haley Barbour on Face The Nation

This guy replaced Sanford as chair of the Republican Governors Association and is being held up as a possible 2012 republican pick. Ick. Listening to this guy as president would drive me nuts. Republicans have no answer on energy. Barbour says drilling and clean coal. That's it.
Barbour said it was impolite to talk about Sanford's affair.

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Palin Would be In Charge of Energy Not Foreign Policy

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour argues that Palin wouldn't have anything to do with foreign policy. Of course Palin wouldn't have anything to do with foreign policy --McCain isn't that crazy. Barbour says she would be the energy czar. McCain says so too. She's not even an expert on energy. 

What's more likely to happen is that under a McCain administration, the vice presidential office would become a public affairs office. Joe Lieberman, the guy who whispers in McCain's ear, would help out with foreign affairs. Palin would be a mouthpiece for oil.

Watch the video. Here's what else Barbour said: 

"She doesn't have a chip on her shoulder like some women politicians."

"Obviously in a McCain administration she will not have much of a role in foreign policy . . ."

"It is honest to say, though, if I live in the state closest to Russia, I probably have got more sensitivity. I live in a state on the Gulf of Mexico, I got more sensitivity to hurricanes than people in Kansas."

Based on those comments, I'd argue that Barbour isn't qualified to be governor. 

The question is, should the need arise, would Palin be able to take over as president and the answer is No way. No how. 

Obama: Debate Still On

Those who support McCain will see him with Superman tights on. Those who don't think he's a fool. Then there is the truth. Did McCain interrupt negotiations? Is his campaign "suspension" really a suspension? Is it really necessary to cancel a debate? I'd say McCain is trying a little too hard. For me, all I have to do is look at his vice presidential choice. That clearly illustrates what kind of leader he would be.

CNN: Lehrer would then pose the questions to Obama. It would take on a kind of town hall format, according to Khayat.

Khayat said he will recommend that to the Debate Commission, which would make the final decision.

The debate was to focus on foreign policy and national security, but the economic crisis is likely to be a dominant issue as well.

Whether McCain intends to participate is up in the air, but Democratic opponent Barack Obama said it's still on as far as he's concerned.

Obama will fly to Oxford on Friday, according to his campaign.

On Thursday, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he expects both candidates to attend Friday night's debate, even though McCain has said he'll only go if Congress reaches a deal on the bailout.

"I expect there to be a debate tomorrow night [Friday] and I look forward to it," Barbour told reporters at the University of Mississippi.

Here's how the Swamp described it:

McCain charged around the Capitol with a determined look on his face and a retinue of friends and advisers. First to greet him at the Russell Senate Office Building was Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, a Democrat-turned-Independent who has infuriated Democrats with his hard-hitting support for McCain. In his office, McCain huddled with Lieberman and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.).

After a brisk walk to the office of House Reupblican Leader John Boehner, McCain joined Senate Republicans for lunch in the ornate Mansfield Room. Twenty-five minutes later, he walked out and past a wall of photographers and reporters, hopped on the Senate subway and returned to his office in the Russell Building.

Obama's motorcade arrived at 3:03 pm outside Obama's Senate office, where the candidate met with staff for a half-hour. The Obama campaign, clearly peeved that McCain was trying to get the upper hand in the situation, pointed out that McCain was still saying that no solution was at hand even though congressional leaders appeared to be closing in on one.

But the day's climax arrived when the two candidates headed to the White House they are battling so hard to occupy, and where one of them will reside in four months.

The bailout package is not expected to get done today (what's the rush?) and McCain said he would not debate unless there is a "consensus" on the package.