[Analysis] Barbour a ‘Man Among Boys’ at the Capitol
The Clarion-Ledger’s main two columnists had an interesting pair of analysis pieces in Sunday’s paper about Barbour handling in the Legislature. For his part, David Hampton took a page out of the Sid Salter book when he wrote:
Gov. Haley Barbour has proven once again that he can’t be outsmarted when it comes to politics. He is a man among boys at the Capitol. It has gotten to the point that he seems to just toy with opponents for the fun of it. Not that he had any serious political problems going into the 2007 elections, but his latest move to blunt his critics on education funding gets rid of his biggest negative.
Wait: “a man among boys”? Meowwww. That sounds like a “whose bigger"-level quip if the Desk has ever heard one. And we wonder if Hampton knows that there are?wait for it?GIRLS in the Legislature, too?!?
Otherwise, his analysis is just a bit of Salter-esque lapdoggery. The truth is that Barbour was opposing MAEP funding until he realized he wasn’t going to get away with it in an election year?and the people have a right to know that. Whether the Dems’ TV ad campaign will reach the right people with that messages remains to be seen.
And it seems clear who the all-male editorial board at The Clarion-Ledger is likely to endorse as governor this year, eh? That didn’t take long atall. 
Oh, and here’s Salter’s education-politics analysis in the same edition. He might even sound a bit Hampton-esque. Naaaa.
Posted by ladd at 11:05 PM in Legislature, Education, Governor, MS Newspapers, Analysis | Email this entry
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