
HALEY BARBOUR, the Mississippi governor, says he won't run for president because he doesn't have the necessary "fire" in his belly. (Besides his wife has said she would be "horrified" if he decided to seek the Republican nomination.)
Maybe no fire. But it appears to me that there's something going on inside his waistline. .
Let's see: His retreat has shrunk the Republican field to ---
But who's counting?