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Posted: 2/24/2013 4:18:52 PM EST
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour leaves a Health and Homeland Security Committee meeting titled "Protecting Our Nation: States and Cybersecurity" during the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore is at left. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Posted: 11/17/2012 5:13:32 PM EST
FILE This July 6, 2012 file photo shows former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaking in Horn Lake, Miss. The Grand Old Party needs to get with the times. That's according to many Republicans who talked of the party's challenges following the GOP's electoral shellacking. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Posted: 8/19/2012 10:48:36 AM EST
FILE - This Jan. 13, 2012, file photo shows former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour during an interview in Ridgeland, Miss. Asked about the political evolution of the southern states Barbour, a Republican, former national party chairman and two-term governor, said the demographics are important but can be overemphasized. He acknowledged GOP concerns that Hispanics will vote Obama in proportions Romney cannot overcome “if the election for them is only about immigration”. But, he added, “Never mind that their unemployment is so much higher than the national average. ... If the election for them is about the economy, we can do well.” (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Posted: 3/10/2012 9:38:50 PM EST
Haley Barbour, the former Republican governor of Mississippi, speaks at the GE conference on "American Competitiveness: What Works" in Washington February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Posted: 2/13/2012 3:06:30 PM EST
Haley Barbour, the former Republican governor of Mississippi, speaks at the GE conference on "American Competitiveness: What Works" in Washington February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 2/13/2012 3:05:39 PM EST
Haley Barbour, the former Republican governor of Mississippi, speaks at the GE conference on "American Competitiveness: What Works" in Washington February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 2/13/2012 3:04:06 PM EST
General Electric (GE) Chairman and CEO Jeffery Immelt (L), and Haley Barbour, former Republican governor of Mississippi, speak at the GE conference on "American Competitiveness: What Works" in Washington February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
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Posted: 2/9/2012 6:35:50 PM EST
FILE - This Jan. 9, 2012 photo shows gunshot survivor Randy Walker, with his relatives and those of Tammy Ellis Gatlin who was killed in the same incident caused by recently pardoned killer David Gatlin, calling for an end to such end-of-tenure pardons by outgoing governors at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. A month after former Gov. Haley Barbour ended two terms in office by pardoning nearly 200 people including convicted killers, Mississippi's highest court will take up the issue of whether those pardons complied with the letter of the law. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Posted: 2/9/2012 6:35:50 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photograph, former Gov. Haley Barbour tells reporters that says he's "very comfortable" with his decision to grant pardons or other clemency to more than 200 people in the last days in office at a news conference in Ridgeland, Miss. A month after Barbour's pardons were issued, the state Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 on whether those pardons complied with the letter of the law. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Posted: 2/9/2012 6:35:50 PM EST
Attorney Thomas Fortner's hand reaches out for a copy of the state's constitution during a hearing before the Mississippi Supreme Court for a group of former inmates arguing that the last-minute pardons granted them by Gov. Haley Barbour are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)
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Posted: 2/9/2012 6:35:50 PM EST
Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson, left, listens as Justice Ann H. Lamar asks questions of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood as to why he believes a number of last minute pardons by former Gov. Haley Barbour are not valid Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in chambers in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, POOL)
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Posted: 2/9/2012 6:35:49 PM EST
Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Michael K. Randolph, left, George C. Carlson, Jr., and Chief Justice William Waller Jr., consider responses from inmate attorneys on whether the pardons granted them by former Gov. Haley Barbour are valid during arguments in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Pool)
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Posted: 1/23/2012 8:03:58 AM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/23/2012 8:03:49 AM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/22/2012 6:43:58 PM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/22/2012 6:43:49 PM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/22/2012 12:14:04 PM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/22/2012 12:08:48 PM EST
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks at the Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing in Washington June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/21/2012 11:05:47 AM EST
In this Jan. 18, 2012 photograph, Thomas Ailes recalls the events that led to his 1970s marijuana conviction, while at his Wesson, Miss., home. Ailes received a pardon from Gov. Haley Barbour earlier this month. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Posted: 1/21/2012 11:05:47 AM EST
In this Jan. 18, 2012 photograph, Thomas Ailes laughs on the porch of his Wesson, Miss., home as he recalls his reaction to receiving a pardon from Gov. Haley Barbour earlier this month. The Vietnam veteran drove to Jackson to pick up the executive order from the Mississippi Parole Board pardoning him for a marijuana conviction from the 1970s. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
