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Barf! Cronyism at its worst.

Brilliant move. Immediately after historic gains in the House and Senate for the state GOP, Bryant fires the person responsible for those gains.

One must ask the question: WHY?

As someone who helped several different House candidates in their election bids this year, I can tell you that inefficiencies of the party had to be overcome by those who won and there were some seats that could have been won that weren't because of party disorganization. A move was greatly needed at the party headquarters.

Arnie was an extension of Haley, Austin & Henry and not near as bright.

7:47 is right! Haley, Henry, Austin, and Arnie were terrible for the State Republican party!

Thank goodness Phil and his people are going to save the party.

Is Henry Barbour the infamous "foot soldier" of the local republican party?

These people aren't productive Americans, they are pimps and hos!

It took a big trough for the barbour boys

Gone with the disgusting self-serving graft of Barbourism. Joe Nosef may be dumb, but at least he's not a crook.

Democrats were and are incompetent. The Central Committee of the Un-Democratic Party just had success fall in their lap. The Governor came home and cleaned up. Patronage happens in the party organization and thats ok, but you got to have talent in the governing department where it really counts. Democrats need to clean up the governing side of the political business and you can put the smiling faces and inbreed cousins in the party organization.

Really? Infighting here only demonstrates graff fit for the JFP.

The party was nothing more than a windfall for the Barbour boys. Not a dollar went through that place that Austin and Arnie didn't get their cut. The party was used and abused by those two.

I doubt they would do so here because it is unnecessary to validate the neanderthals posting in this thread. But behind the scenes one would hope that Phil and Joe are condemning the classless scat left behind by the one, maybe two, repugnant Barbour-hater(s) above.

Between Joe and Phil combined you couldn't get enough mental energy to light straw. Let's hope Tate can pick up their slack.

What about all the money people made as being gatekeepers for Phil?

Lots of wrong headed thinking displayed here. The Barbours and Arnie Hederman are honorable men, and anyone who has evidence to the contrary should man up and post it for all of us to see instead of making empty accusations from behind an anonymous identity.

Phil is doing what any governor does - making a recommendation to the state executive committee. That recommendation can be followed, and I hope it will be, or it can be ignored and they can elect someone else to chair the party. I think Joe Nosef is a great choice and will continue the good work of the ones who came before him. However, folks, make no mistake - it was the leadership and work of Jim Herring that laid the groundwork that put the Republicans in a position to take over the state, and I think if you ask any of the ones who have served since then they'll tell you the same thing. Bill Billingsley

Furthermore, while many of us would like to see the Republican Party be more independent of the Republican elected officials, I think we can do much more to advance a conservative agenda if we all pull together behind the Governor. He's done the work and put in the time to reach this office, and it is perfectly fine that he's using his influence to put the best person into an important position. The state party should retain some independence, but just like the President is the unspoken national leader of his party, so should the governors lead the state parties. BB

Bill you are spot on with what Jim Herring has done, the party was split under Retzer.

Judge Herring has done well in the transition office too. The Governor-Elect's choice of Barksdale to startup the Bryant Development office indicates that the leadership understands the connection of education and economic development.

Well said Bill Billingsley, and I could not agree more. Mark Mayfield

Gov. Elect Bryant this is a terrible mistake With Nosif at the helm, we will need a phone booth again. Joe had no Idea what he was doing on Haley’s campaign and surely will screw up the party. He can’t be a quality attorney, that’s been proven more than once, much less control the Republican Party that has been very successful under LEADERSHIP on Yazoo St. for the last 16 years. I sure hope this is not the shape the next 4 years will become.

Bryant camp needs to enjoy their 15 minutes. Let's hope they are not future of Republican Party in MS. Lets also hope Gov Bryant and his cowboy boots stay off of national television.

Agree, that Barksdale is a great choice, but with Bryant's idea of economic development being a NASCAR track, he has his work cut out for him.

2:09 & 3:43 remember when I said Dave Dennis was a joke!!

4:39. Dennis may not have been the best candidate , but the Bryant camp should realize (and probably has) that Tate is future of MS Republicans.

Bryant has certainly started making changes and MEMA is the first agency head change that I have heard. MEMA like DPS is a wreck, good staff has left in droves and most people internally have been extremely unhappy with the administration. Hopefully they will shake up DPS with changes in the entire command staff.

When you think Tate, think Eddie Briggs.. a one termer

6:33, I highly doubt that.

The entire Bryant administration will prove to be a joke - just sit back and watch!

Bill, I agree with you that Herring and Barbour have done a great deal for the party.
You are also correct that the governor becomes the leader of the party.

I'm afraid I do not share your optimism about the future under Bryant's leadership.

I will not be surprised if everything gentlemen like you and Gil and Jim and Haley accomplished unravels and the reputation of the party is tarnished.

I'm thankful that we aren't all held responsible for the actions and behaviors of our relatives.

I don't think Barbour was perfect and I think he showed some poor judgment in a few appointments or else felt pressured to reward some party loyalists who were undeserving and loyal first to themselves or both.

It's the notion that party loyalty is more important than competence and honesty that is getting both parties into trouble . Both are too blind to see that if each puts the good governance of their community, State and Nation first, their party will succeed.

I'd like people who can THINK and WORK HARD and who try to do the right thing in office, not parrots.

Ron Paul's appeal and " the maveric" attraction is that parrots and pretend parrots are becoming rather obvious. Candidates aren't " flip flopping" , they are parroting their fanatical constituencies and forgetting that in a general election, the sane also vote.

5:51,

I think DPS was a wreck under Simpson, but the morale over there now seems to be pretty good.... at least the complaints I hear aren't administration related. DPS finally has a Commish that has been a trooper. Why don't we stop the revolving door of Commissioners and let Santa Cruz have a shot?

9:41
DPS does have a commish who was a trooper, retired and was brought back under contract as Haleys "Fix-it" man on the coast, then as head of MHP which he could do but cannot run dps because it is more than managing troopers writing speeding tickets. He has brought in someone to assist him in running DPS. Yes troopers are happy because they got raises and not fired for cheating on test. They need someone to drag them out of the past, not a retired trooper who is getting his retirement check and commish check.

8:24
Has Tate picked up the slack, he certainly got a great endorsement form Senator Fraizer!

12:04, I certainly appreciate your comment, but please don't put me in the same category as those other men. I have come late to a party (pun intended) that they had hopping for a long time.

I realize I'm optimistic by nature, but I think Governor Bryant is going to be fine. He's a lot smarter than some seem to think and is a savvy politician. Having a Republican legislature will enable him to do things that even Haley couldn't do. If Phil, Tate and Philip can pull together toward the same goal - a tall task, no doubt, but it could happen - they'll accomplish more than anyone ever imagined. Bill Billingsley