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April 25th, 2011

Failure to Launch: Barbour Abandons Presidential Plans

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By Craig Robinson

A source close to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour just told TheIowaRepublican.com that Barbour has decided that he will not seek the Republican nomination in 2012.  Barbour is expected to announce his decision shortly.

“This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided.  A candidate for president today is embracing a 10-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all else. “His supporters expect and deserve no less than absolute fire in the belly from their candidate. I cannot offer that with certainty, and total certainty is required.”

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Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson serves as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheIowaRepublican.com. Prior to founding Iowa's largest conservative news site, Robinson served as the Political Director of the Republican Party of Iowa during the 2008 Iowa Caucuses. In that capacity, Robinson planned and organized the largest political event in 2007, the Iowa Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa. Robinson also organized the 2008 Republican caucuses in Iowa, and was later dispatched to Nevada to help with the caucuses there. Robinson cut his teeth in Iowa politics during the 2000 caucus campaign of businessman Steve Forbes and has been involved with most major campaigns in the state since then. His extensive political background and rolodex give him a unique perspective from which to monitor the political pulse of Iowa.
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