Miss. gov.'s nephew fills national GOP role

[merh]

Source: The Clarion-Ledger

Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has tapped Henry Barbour, the governor nephew, to help co-chair a transition team intended to prepare the party for the next elections.

Barbour, the current National Committeeman from Mississippi, works for the Jackson-based lobbying group Capitol Resources LLC. He has served as the campaign manager for former 3rd District U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering, who recently joined the firm, and Gov. Haley Barbour, his uncle and a former RNC Chairman.

Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090203/NEWS/90203032

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Keeping it in the family, Gov Haley Barbour was the head of the RNC that brought us GWB, wasn't he?

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. ROTTEN, THROUGH AND THROUGH

[Bleacher Creature]

3. Couldn't have put it any better.

Never heard of or seen of the guy, but I have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

[merh]

4. you said it.

[Doctor_J]

2. Gee, I wonder if anything nefarious was part of this "promotion"

Fitz? Calling Fitz? Will you be Blago-ing these people?

[mitchum]

5. Wow, that's like a moron's version of The Defiant Ones

[Tempest]

6. Didn't take long for Steele to buckle to the real power behind the RNC

If this is what he considers "moving the party forward", I can't wait to see what he has in store next.

I hope they bring enough water for their 40 years in the wilderness.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Why do they need a transition team for the national party? It ain't like

they have to fire everyone or replace them.

Couldn't their Executive Director take care of that?

[merh]

8. maybe because of this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4979944

Barbour, the uncle, has attended plenty of CCC functions.