Barbour will not run for president
Via Reid Wilson on Twitter, Haley Barbour has issued a statement:
“I will not be a candidate for president next year.”
Both Dave Weigel and Josh Kraushaar think this means Mitch Daniels is now likely to run for the GOP nomination.
Update by MBH:
Barbour’s full statement can be found here.
Matt Browner Hamlin
Matt Browner-Hamlin is a blogger & political strategist based in Washington, DC. He has written about US politics since 2004. He's worked on presidential and Senate campaigns, in the labor movement and the Tibetan independence movement. He is the founder of OccupyOurHomes.org and currently spends much of his time fighting Wall Street banks. Matt on Google+, and his article archive.
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