Public Image
Barbour maintained a positive approval rating in his state during periods when he was Governor. A July 2010 Rasmussen Reports poll found that Barbour had a 70% approval rating in Mississippi. During a private Crossroads fundraiser in Tampa, Barbour made a mistake in using slavery imagery to describe a political attack on President Obama's record that he hoped Governor Christie of New Jersey would deliver during a 2012 Republican National Convention keynote address. He promptly publicly apologized after he was criticized by bloggers Gawker and Josh Marshall who called the remarks racist. Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Governor Barbour had remarked, “I would love for Christie to put a hot poker to Obama’s butt...”
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