HALEY BARBOUR, RIVERBOAT GAMBLER

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In the fall of 1995, when Democrats were running ads hammering Ohio Republican congressman Bob Ney for cutting Medicare, Ney cornered Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour and asked why the GOP hadn’t countered with a blitzkrieg of its own. “Where are the RNC ads?” Ney asked.

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