republican insiders, mitch daniels was the inheriter of the money and attention and support after haley barboured to pass. but in may, he passed. no barbour, no daniels. where's the establishment support going to go now? it doesn't going to mitt romney. by all accounts the man is gravely disliked among lots of parts of the republican party including the establishment. not palin, not pawlenty. who? no one locked up the republican party establishment support. next in line for the establishment support from the republican party appears to be in all seriousness rick perry. one of george w. bush's biggest fund-rais fund-raiser bunglers. the political operatives that fled gingrich's campaign appear to be swinging toward rick perry's potential cam pan and crucial is barbour's nephew, henry barbour, a member of the rnc, seen as the arbiter of the support to his uncle is going to go now instead. henry barbour said this week of rick perry, quote, i hope he does run telling "the washington post" he would endorse rick perry if he did. i've talked to number of folks and a percentage of them are favorable to

might be running for president. >> but you know, i think haley barbour probably is more comfortablelack people than many northerners are. >> really? >> yes i do. >> the accusations of racism against him notwithstanding. >> oh yes. >> yeah. >> because i think that some of those are strong, are proper accusations. >> yeah. >> that he does say racist things or ignorant things anyway. >> yeah. >> and luckily as you said, it's not the same thing. you know, it's possible to be ignorant and not be a racist, and he has, you know, on occasion, he's been both. >> yeah. okay. can we talk about how you got to be this person; how you got to be at this place in your life after all these years? you started out the son of the president of a black college. >> right. >> you grew up in probably better circumstances than many of your contemporaries. >> indeed. -eah. >> .at that time. can you talk about thaa and how you got from there to morehouse and how you decided to get into the civil rights movement, if not as a vocation, then an avocation? >> well, first, my father was president of fort valley sta

. >> sean: you were attacked by haley barbour today. he said our people have to understand we can't let the perfect be the enemy of good. he said in politics purity is a dog loser. we can't go out with the idea we are going to be pure or we are going to do nothing. talking pretty much about you. the headline is haley barbour criticize demint for not supporting boehner. your reaction? i'm getting a lot of criticism and i expect it. this is not about purity, nowhere close. if i had my way we would be balancing our budget in the next five years and i think we need to. i'm willing to work with the president, democrats, moderate republicans. if we don't put our country on a path towards a balanced budget we are putting it on a path towards abruptly. -- bankruptcy. that's the only two choices we are facing. i'm not willing to support any plan that doesn't realize we need to move towards that balanced budget. >> sean: where is the leadership in the white house? it doesn't exist. thank you. >> thank you sean. >> sean: the president's debt strat

>> since they've taken two great answers i will say how about haley barbour to have a southerner if wedon't know the reason why he's not running. i interviewed him last week. he's very sharp on all of the issues. >> we're in the middle of the doldrums and tim pawlenty is wondering -- chris: that's a regret for you. thanks to a great round taken. -- round table. that's the show. thank you for watching. see you back here next week.

. >>> joining us now from jackson t state capital, is haley barbour. getting back right now. we talk about it, this gulf coast city that's been battered by katrina, the recession and the oil spill. i want to show you a graphic of the money investors are pouring in since katrina. 117 million into residential construction, 716 million into commercial construction. what do you think accounts for the surge of this rebuilding in this area? >> i thought jerry said it well, the money is loosening up a bit. biloxi had other issues. right after katrina, which utterly obliterated the beach, first, they had to rebuild u.s. 90, beach boulevard, we called it. in doing so, all of the water and sewer which had been located in the right of way just north of the highway, well, the highway got moved as far north as possible for obvious reasons, so then they had to move all the water to sewer. they had complications, federal issues about what the federal government would allow them to do. so they were a little slower than other communities right after katrina. then you m

haley barbour from mississippi, terrific politician. rick perry did better.erry has a good economy in texas. some people say she creates low-income jobs but they're doing better than the rest of the country and he will take momentum away from bachmann and romney. he could be a bridge between the tea party republicans and establishment republicans. he would be a big player if he gets in. >> bret: his record, though, in texas is getting scrutinized. the state budget has grown faster than inflation and population growth and the spending has grown faster than his predecessor george w. bush. rick, if he gets in, if he is as expected gets in, what does it do to the iowa race? conventional wisdom is congresswoman michele bachmann is positioned well right now. >> it makes things interesting. ames is critical for a lot of candidates and it would become critical for perry even if he is not a candidate. he needs springboard to come in saying look, without lifting a finger this is what i did. that is the boost that goes, to his back as he moves ahead. it throws iowa in c

bought a car plant in china and moved to america and he put the first one in mississippi with haley barbourrmer chairman of the republican party. if he would do more of this in waup washington, we'd get further. i'm just trying to solve practical problems. one last thing on the substance here. there are -- we have to create about 15 million jobs in the next few years to have real normal growth. and we've got probably 13 million just to get back where we were on the day that the economy collapsed. there are 3 million job openings today in america and they are only being filled half as fast as they have been filled in every previous recovery period. why is that? we had a whole session on that yesterday. and one of the best things that will come out of this is what michael thurman, the former labor commission of georgia, said about what he did in giving training money directly to employers saying don't hire them until we see how they do. but here's the training money. you train them to suit yourself. don't say they don't have the skills. train them to suit yourself. they won't be treated as em

as we learn with haley barbour you never know what's actually going to happen. it does seem now like some time not just after ames, but also after this day of prayer that he's having in houston next month you'll see governor perry move to get into the race. they're in no rush. they're taking their time to a make sure that the money is there for them to launch a serious campaign. secondly, the grassroots support is there. that's why you see them in these recent weeks having the governor call activists in iowa and new hampshire and have donors come down to austin and meet with him to get to know each or. that's their way of feeling out if lst the grassroots and financial support there for a campaign. >> it's not clear sailing, i guess not for anyone mike huckabee taking a shot at rick perry saying texas governor reck perry is still flirting with a run for all his new fund commitment to hyper conservatism, he'll get to discuss why he supported proabortion, prosame sex marriage rudy giuliani last time. >> ouch. >> welcome to the nfl. that just shows a peak from huck

>> well, opening up the field, and people like mitt daniels and haley barbour did not run and newt gingrich's campaign implosion allowed a lot of of rick pey's former staffers who were working with gingrich to join up with perry. >> and sarah palin says that coming soon at the end of the summer, she will make a decision. >> well, the odds on favorite is that she is probably not going to run. to be able to run for president, you have to be able to raise that campaign dough, andhe actie endorsements, and she has not done that. she dips her toes into the presidential waters, but quickly removes them. >> and rudy giuliani? >> well, he wants to make a bid for a presidential election, but the problem is that there is not a clamor of the base from sarah palin or rick perry and people want those folks in, but not that much about rudy giuliani. >> what about the gop nominees and those declared and those still debating are all silent on the debt ceiling talks going on? >> well, it is a fascinating development, and the key actors in the players are folks in washington, d.c., so the eric cantors and the

the bigger people like jeb, and like certainly haley barbour my pal.ng the right terms, aren't running. the skinny minis are running. i don't know what that's about. must be politically correct to be running these days. i appreciate your -- up next, the gunman in those horrific attacks in norway says he wanted to take his country back for the muslims and immigrants, blaming liberals for pushing multiculturalism. a very sensitive topic. let's look at 9 state of right wing extremism in europe. this is "hardball" only on msnbc.ç announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. it's the at&t network... diabetes te

to demonstrate that he's serious about a candidacy, but i'll tell you, we saw that before with haley barbourve steps and hiring key personnel, like rob collins, which would have been a campaig really ended up not happening at the end of the day. so we think he's making the right moves to run, but until a candidate says yes, that answer is still no. >> absolutely. wonderfully put. thank you so much. >> thank you, martin. >>> to london, in one year the 2012 games will begin. while there's still much to do, more than 3.5 million tickets have already been sold thus far. nbc's peter alexander is live in london with a look at how the city is preparing. peter, i understand there was a huge event today. was it at trafalgar square? >> it was, but also here at the aquatic center, 440 million to build it. when you enter, it feels like you're walking into i guess you could say the mouth of a gray or blue whale. it's remarkable. a year from now, 80,000 people will come in here to the olympic stadium, and for the first time we saw the medals that the athletes will receive. the ioc's chair also invited the

the bigger people like jeb, and like certainly haley barbour my pal.ç and chris christie.ing the right terms, aren't running. the skinny minis are running. i don't know what that's about. must be politically correct to be skinny these days. i appreciate your -- up next, the gunman in those horrific attacks in norway says he wanted to take his country back for the muslims and immigrants, blaming liberals for pushing multiculturalism. a very sensitive topic. let's look at the state of right wing extremism in europe. this is "hardball" only on msnbc. >> ( rooster crows ) >> by 2020, 50 billion network devices will roam the earth. that's seven devices per person. this will change how we work in ways we've never before imagined. what do you need to secure your people, their devices, and your business? a network that can evolve and grow to protect your human network. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity e

>> i think it's somebody like haley barbour, an endorsement from barbour brings a lot in terms of organization and money connection in terms of fund-raising. chris christie is name among conservatives. that would be huge for a candidate to get chris christie's endorsement. both of those governors would be tremendously influential. >> gregg: anybody else? >> governor nikki haley. she has indicated she is going endorse somebody and given south carolina importance in the primary process, nobody that has gone on has lost south carolina. folks have been courting her since she ran back in 2010. >> gregg: you mentioned, maybe we can put the stimulus numbers up, you mentioned earlier, governors john huntsman, tim pawlenty, why are they so low in the polls? >> at this point it's still a name recognition game. i think when you look at tim flawz may be other questions. for john huntsman, not enough people know who he is. when you look at romney leading, it's largely because he has the biggest name recognition along with sarah palin. that why those folks are at the top. when we get a few months and the ca

it shows he has national reach like haley barbour his predecessor in tapping deep pockets that fund republicanandidates. and the other thing it does, this is very important, it demonstrates that perry is going to have strong support from his fellow governors if he decides to run. he's doing them a solid, he's taking care of business in his job, they are going to like that. patti ann: the governor's association does tend to make a presidential endorsement as a group. i understand they were leaning towards tim pa lengthy or mitt romney, both former governors, this change things? >> perry's presence himself changes things. he is an active governor and leads the association. he's the longest serving governor in the country. certainly that changes it on its own. fact that he's taking care of business as i said is going to make his fellow governors feel at ease. remember governors like to nominate governors, that is their mode and the governor's association endorsement is important in that regard. patti ann: they like to endorse governors because they feel they have an understanding of states issues

haley barbour was once considering running. he decided not to.mong the many surprises in the gop race, the virtual silence of the governors. chief executives have played no role in shaping the race, either through nominees for through their powers of endorsement. where are the governors? guest: i was devastated when mitch daniels did not get into the race. i thought he had a wonderful resume. he had everything it took to raise a lot of people. after that happened and daniels ducked out a lot. they are trying a fall in love with somebody. they're looking to mitt romney, in no one is capturing them. host: they may be looking at governor perry. he has been waiting for the legislative session to end. here is a headline. he could enter the presidential race but are of voters ready for another governor from texas? guest: i agree with the premise. i don't know if people are ready for another cowboyish the winner from texas. i think he would meet some needs and cause some problems for michele bachmann in iowa. he has very strong ties to the evangelical c

haley barbour was once considering running. he decided not to.rises in the gop race, the virtual silence of the governors. chief executives have played no role in shaping the race, either through nominees for through their powers of endorsement. where are the governors? guest: i was devastated when tch daniels did not get into the race. i thought he had a wonderful resume. he had everything it took to raise a lot of people. after that happened and daniels ducked out a lot. they are trying a fall in love with somebody. they're looking to mitt romney, in no one is capturing them. host: they may be looking at governor perry. he has been waiting for the legislative session to end. here is a headline. he could enter the presidential race but are of voters ready for another governor from texas? guest: i agree with the premise. i don't know if people are ready for another cowboyish the winner from texas. i think he would meet some needs and cause some problems for michele bachmann in iowa. he has very strong ties to the evangelical community. he would d

haley barbour relies on an closely and calls on him very regularly for his leadership and management skills. i'm glad you are here to provide some insight. these recent flooding was something that confirmed the fact that the mississippi river is huge, and we've invested a lot of money in protecting the adjoining landowners and people who live in the region from flooding of the mississippi river. and i don't want to sound like a joke but it looks like we may have overdone it, and that all the water now in this recent flood basically stayed in the mississippi river. that damages that were caused were backwater flooding. small streams, tributaries that lead into the mississippi river, but the prevention of main stem flooding kept the water within its banks of this historic, huge, terrible flood. do you have any comments to make about that? whether or not we got to go back to the drawing board and see what else we need to do now? >> i don't think the system is broken, but it serving needs a few modifications. there are flood control structures on the edge of basin, but they do not protec

haley barbour relies on him very closely and called on them regularly for his leadership and management skills. i am glad you were here to provide some insight. you know this recent flooding was something that confirms the fact that the mississippi river is huge and we have invested a lot of money in protecting the adjoining landowners and people who live in the region from flooding. the end i don't want this to sound like a joke but it looks like we may have overdone it and that all the water now in this recent flood a sickly state in the mississippi river. the damages that were caused were backwater flooding, small streams, tributaries, that lead into the mississippi river but the prevention of main stem flooding kept the water within its banks of this historic, huge, terrible flood. do you have any comments to make about bad and that and whether or not we have to go back to the drawing board and see what else we need to do now? the senator, don't think the system is broke in but it certainly needs a few modifications. there are flood control structures on the yazoo basin but they did

. >> clayton: and a lot of money, haley barbour in the weighing in, who he's going to support.e'll keep our eye on this and a look at the rest of the headlines. >> ainsley: horror in boston harbor, one man is dead there, one seriously injured after a 30 foot speed boat apparently breaks apart and capsizes and police say two were thrown into the water and suffered head and chest injuries and the coast guard is investigation how that happened. a fugitive murder suspect is back in police custody this morning. 24-year-old james brewer, his picture. he escaped from a washington d.c. courthouse on friday, by swapping i.d. bracelets with another inmate. on the run for almost 24 hours before police say he turned himself in. s' charged with the murder of a retired army sergeant and additional charges for eluding custody. frontier airline canceled more flights after a hail storn damaged a third of the fleet. grounded a total of 96 flights this weekend on top of 100 flights scheduled to leave on thursday and friday. do you know anyone it's affecting? frontier says it's working to accommod