Mississippi governor says he would be ‘very surprised’ if he were to run for president

WASHINGTON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he would be “very surprised” if he ended up running for president.

Miss. governor, former Washington lobbyist, testing GOP waters for 2012 in Iowa, New Hampshire

JACKSON, Miss. — If the Republican Party is in danger of being marginalized as a conservative, white male Southern enclave, is Haley Barbour — the longtime Washington power broker and current Mississippi governor — the best person to turn things around?