Mississippi-  Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid.

JACKSON, Miss. — Gov. Haley Barbour is being criticized for recent comments he made about the civil rights era.

Mississippi Governor, Haley Barbour, praises the White Supremacist group, the Citizens Council, in a new profile in “The Weekly Standard.” Talking Points Memo reports: “You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK,” said Barbour. “Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. In Yazoo City […]