“To be a Republican in Mississippi in 1968, you had to be an optimist.” Haley Barbour writes about how he rose from a college campaign volunteer to helping build the Republican Party to two-term Mississippi governor.

“To be a Republican in Mississippi in 1968, you had to be an optimist.” Haley Barbour writes about how he rose from a college campaign volunteer to helping build the Republican Party to two-term Mississippi governor.