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With Barbour out, new questions for 2012 Republican field

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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s surprise decision on Monday not to run for president set off a scramble inside the Republican Party for pieces of his financial and political network. It also raised questions about the challenges the party may face in trying to unseat President Obama.

So far, the GOP race has been notable for its slow start and the absence of a front-runner. It has been marked by unhappiness among potential voters. The most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found that barely four in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they are satisfied with the current field of candidates — about 20 percentage points lower than at this time four years ago.

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Obama, too, is less popular than he was when he was sworn in two years ago. But he comes to the race with the significant advantages of incumbency. As he steams ahead with fundraising and organizing, Republicans are under growing pressure to tamp down concerns about whether they can find a candidate capable of defeating him.

Barbour registered in the single digits in early polls, so his decision will not have a dramatic impact on the contest, at least in terms of voter support. But it will give some candidates an opportunity to nail down some of the volunteers who were committed or leaning toward Barbour as well as money that would have been his.

As a former chairman of the Republican National Committee and the Republican Governors Association, Barbour is the consummate member of the GOP establishment and is widely respected for his political smarts. Other candidates will compete for his endorsement.

His decision not to enter the contest, he said in a statement, grew out of his conclusion that he lacked the necessary fire in the belly. But friends of Barbour, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share insight about his decision, said he had come to the conclusion that Republicans can win only if they are totally focused on serious issues and not distracted by some of the side issues, such as Obama’s birthplace, that have arisen in the early going.

Barbour’s decision may reflect what some Democratic strategists were saying privately: that, for all his political smarts, he would fizzle as a presidential candidate. After all, he carried significant baggage. He was a lobbyist for tobacco companies and other interests, and had stumbled on racial issues over the past six months.

The announcement will put new pressure on some fence-sitters to jump into the race. That pressure will fall most heavily on Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, who has been considering a run for more than a year and is planning to decide in May.

Daniels and Barbour are longtime friends and allies — Daniels said recently that if he didn’t run he might well endorse Barbour — and many Republicans assumed that it was unlikely that both would end up in the race.

A close adviser to Daniels said Monday that, “on the margins, it makes it more likely he will run.” But the Indiana governor has been beset by doubts and by what friends say is opposition within his family. He issued a statement praising Barbour as a leader of the party but offered no hint as to his own thinking.

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Monday, May 16, 2011

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

The most eventful week of the 2012 Republican primary race

The last seven days have been the most eventful of the 2012 Republican presidential race to date.

To wit:

* Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich officially got into the race earlier this week and Texas Rep. Ron Paul joined him today, saying on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that “the time is right.”

* Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney tackled — or tried to tackle — his Achilles heel of health care.

* Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman huddled with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and sat for his first major interview — with Time magazine.

* Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels continued to drop hints — “I’m not saying I won’t do it,” he said Thursday night — about his 2012 plans even as his wife, Cheri, took a turn in the limelight as the keynote speaker at an Indiana Republican party dinner.

The increased level of activity seemed to signal that the long-dormant race — a debate earlier this month was largely populated by candidates with no chance of being the party’s nominee — had awoken as spring turns to summer.

Within the next month, things should move even quicker with two major events on the schedule: a June 13 debate at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire and the Republican Leadership Conference from June 16-18 in New Orleans.

Huntsman, Romney, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann will almost certainly be official candidates by that time and Daniels will have made a final go/no-go decision on his own future plans.

Even former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee may be off the fence as a week-long Christian cruise through Alaska which he is hosting returns to the lower 48 on June 12.

The quickening pace of the GOP race is largely born of a stark reality: it takes months and months to build the political and fundraising operations — both in individual states and nationally — necessary to make a serious run at the nomination.

For unknown candidates like Huntsman, Daniels and Pawlenty, every day they spend not working full-time on getting better known in places like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina is a day lost. (Better known candidates like Huckabee and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have the luxury of waiting — but not much longer.)

On a more symbolic level, the increase in activity on the GOP side is born of a desire by the candidates to show donors, activists and operatives that they are, with apologies to Hillary Clinton, in it to win it.

Get ready. It’s hard to see any letup between now and when a GOP nominee emerges sometime early next year.

Akin to decide soon: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) will announce his plans vis-a-vis the Senate within the next week, he told The Hill.

“I would think that there’s a good probability there’ll be something finalized by next week,” Akin said “We’ll make a public decision next week.”

Some Republicans are hoping Akin will clear the field to take on Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), seen as even more vulnerable after a private plane scandal earlier this year. Right now, the only other Republican in the primary is former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman.

Oregon maps out: Oregon redistricting maps are now online. The Democratic proposal would basically keep things how they are in terms of voter registration breakdown. The Republican plan would give Democratic Reps. Kurt Schrader and David Wu more competitive seats.

But Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D) is reportedly unhappy with the Democratic plan, which would stretch out his Portland-area district. Republicans would pack more Democrats into his district; Democrats would reshape it a bit to help out other lawmakers.

Republicans don’t have a lot of pull here — if state legislators can’t agree on a map, it goes to the Democratic secretary of state and possibly to court.

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According to CBS News, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have both pledged to back Daniels should he run.

Jane Corwin, the Republican candidate in New York’s 26th district special election, has loaned her campaign an additional $960,000, meaning she’s put $1.96 million into the race.

If he won in Washington state, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) would make history.

The White House will stop doing speech reenactments for still photographers.

Must Reads:

“The Ensign report: Vindication for Doug Hampton?” - Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun

“I.R.S. moves to tax gifts to groups active in politics” - Stephanie Strom, New York Times

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

The most eventful week of the 2012 Republican primary race

The last seven days have been the most eventful of the 2012 Republican presidential race to date.

To wit:

* Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney tackled — or tried to tackle — his Achilles heel of health care.

* Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman huddled with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and sat for his first major interview — with Time magazine.

Even former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee may be off the fence as a week-long Christian cruise through Alaska which he is hosting returns to the lower 48 on June 12.

Get ready. It’s hard to see any letup between now and when a GOP nominee emerges sometime early next year.

Akin to decide soon: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) will announce his plans vis-a-vis the Senate within the next week, he told The Hill.

“I would think that there’s a good probability there’ll be something finalized by next week,” Akin said “We’ll make a public decision next week.”

Republicans don’t have a lot of pull here — if state legislators can’t agree on a map, it goes to the Democratic secretary of state and possibly to court.

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According to CBS News, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have both pledged to back Daniels should he run.

Jane Corwin, the Republican candidate in New York’s 26th district special election, has loaned her campaign an additional $960,000, meaning she’s put $1.96 million into the race.

If he won in Washington state, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) would make history.

The White House will stop doing speech reenactments for still photographers.

Must Reads:

“The Ensign report: Vindication for Doug Hampton?” - Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun

“I.R.S. moves to tax gifts to groups active in politics” - Stephanie Strom, New York Times

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