Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss. , center, accompanied by Vermont Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt. , left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss. , center, accompanied by Vermont Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt. , left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

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  1. Alcorn State University president George E. Ross, right, and the other seven heads of the state's public universities listen as an update on the economics of the states' public universities is given by the state College Board commissioner, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Jackson, Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.

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  1. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss., center, accompanied by Vermont Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt., left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
  2. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss., accompanied Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt., left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
  3. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".
  4. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".
  5. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".
  6. Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, Joining him, from left are, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
  7. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, R-Miss., center, accompanied by Vermont Gov. James Douglas, R-Vt., left, and Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
  8. Alcorn State University president George E. Ross, right, and the other seven heads of the state's public universities listen as an update on the economics of the states' public universities is given by the state College Board commissioner, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 in Jackson, Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.
  9. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour holds a copy of his Fiscal Year 2011 budget during a news conference at the Sillers Building in Jackson, Miss. on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Barbour is calling for a sweeping reorganization of state government, including proposals to merge eight universities into five and reduce the number of school districts by a third.
  10. In this photograph provided by "Meet the Press," Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour appears on "Meet the Press'" Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington.
  11. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, hugs his wife, Maureen, right, as he talks to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, left, in McDonnell's suite as he waits for election returns in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. McDonnell is running against Democrat Creigh Deeds.
  12. In this Oct. 11, 2009 photo, actor Morgan Freeman, right, and his business partner Bill Luckett are shown during an interview at Ground Zero Blues Club, in Clarksdale, Miss. Freeman has written a fundraising letter for Luckett, an attorney seeking the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor in 2011. Term limits prevent Republican Gov. Haley Barbour from seeking a third term.
  13. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".
  14. FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., second from left, talks about health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington with, from left, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Johanns, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Vermont Gov. James Douglas, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Johanns, in the GOP's weekly video and radio address Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, asked voters a basic question about Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system; "Will this improve your life?".

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