Haley+Barbour



Running for Republican Presidential Candidate, Haley Barbour is the Republican governor of Mississippi. He was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi on October 2, 1947. Raised solely by his mother after his father died when he was 2 years old, he went through schooling in Yazoo City until he went to the University of Mississippi for his regular degree and then his law degree. After graduating the University of Mississippi School of Law, Barbour returned to Yazoo to run his father's law firm. After several failed attempts at the senate seat and being a lobbyist for several years, he ran for and won the position of governor. Barbour believes their should be more funding for schools to improve education, spend more government funding to create jobs through public works and bigger companies, the Obamacare Health Care should be reformed and improved to give better health care to those who need it, stronger punishments and enforcements against crimes to deter criminals, and that abortion should be illegal, making him pro-life. He presents himself as a strong right wing conservative and thinks the government needs to be strongly conservative to support the nation and improve the economy for everyone. In the run for President, his main opposition is President Obama for the Democrats and lesser opponents are his fellow Republicans such as Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee. He is being supported by ex-President George Bush and the CATO Institute. For several interesting facts, people should know he is a presbyterian, has two children, worked for both George Washington and Ronald Reagan, and successfully ran three different law firms. Within the last week, Haley Barbour has officially come out saying he will not run for president, much to the surprise of the political newscasters and observers. Before dropping out, CNN polls had Barbour at a 3% chance of winning the Republican nomination.

“To that end I am proposing an agenda that can be summed up by three words: Momentum, UpGrade and Streamline. We must continue our Momentum in job creation and economic growth, UpGrade education in this tough budget period and Streamline that budget back into structural balance." -Haley Barbour

"Haley Barbour is the same as every Republican: push, push, push with nothing to back up the actions but empty heads and empty words. Even if Obama isn't the greatest President of all time he is better than any lying Republican who lies to the public like Haley Barbour." -Unknown submitted to CNN

Students Questions:

What are your plans for education and schooling? How do you feel teens should be treated in society? Could they have more rights in school and public? Where do you see our country going in the next ten years?

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