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Barbour Won't Rule Out WH Bid

HaleyBarbour.jpgMS Gov. Haley Barbour (R) is so focused on the '10 midterms that he won't even rule out a WH'12 bid -- and he knows it.

"If, after these elections are over, there's anything to think about, I'll think about it again," Barbour told reporters at a Friday roundtable. After a reporter noted he hadn't ruled out a run, Barbour answered: "I think you're right."

"If you see I lose 40 pounds, you'll know I'm either running or got cancer," Barbour said.

In town for the NGA meetings, Barbour has taken time to meet with his political team at the RGA and to raise money for his PAC. National Journal reported this week Barbour will appear at a fundraiser tonight at BGR Group, the lobbying powerhouse he founded about 2 decades ago.

Barbour pointed to several GOV races he says GOPers have an excellent shot at winning next year, including against Dem incumbents in IA, OH and MA, where polling all shows the incumbents trailing GOPers. The party has a good chance to pick up some Dem open seats, and most of the GOP open seats -- in SC, AL, GA and SD -- are in states that have been good to the GOP.

And Barbour will have the money to do it. After banking $30M last year, Barbour said the RGA has already raised $13M in '10, giving the party a huge warchest as it prepares for elections in 3 dozen states.

He reiterated his belief that the GOP does not need to lay out a full platform yet -- something he first told your Hotline OnCall editor several weeks ago -- but he said the party needs a platform eventually.

"I would be working on an agenda today," Barbour said. "But I wouldn't have a platform today."

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"If you see I lose 40 pounds, you'll know I'm either running or got cancer," Barbour said.

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