If you thought Haley Barbour was the quintessential stereotype of a southern governor, check this out:
The Republican governor of Mississippi keeps a large portrait of the University Greys, the Confederate rifle company that suffered 100 percent casualties at Gettysburg, on a wall not far from a Stars and Bars Confederate flag signed by Jefferson Davis. Then there's the man himself. Rather than walking across the street from his office to the state capitol, he rides a hundred or so yards in the back seat of a large SUV, air conditioning on full blast.
Jon Chait compares him with Boss Hogg, but you know who Haley Barbour is? Pappy O'Daniels from O Brother Where Art Thou?