Neshoba County Democratic Chancery Clerk switches to GOP – Video

Here is the video from Friday’s press conference where RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Governor Haley Barbour, and other Mississippi elected officials were on hand to welcome five-term Neshoba County Chancery Clerk Larry McMillan’s switch from the Democratic Party to the Mississippi Republican Party.

Here is what the Clarion Ledger reported.

Larry McMillan, a five-term chancery clerk from Neshoba County, announced his switch from Democrat to Republican on Friday – a move he attributed to being fed up with the Democratic Party’s push for health care reform. “I consider myself a conservative,” he said. “I’m very concerned about health care and about taxes.” McMillan said he’s not worried whether the switch could hurt his chances of re-election. “If folks don’t accept it, that’s just the way it will have to be,” he said.

Another Switch to the GOP – Number 9

Mississippi Republicans welcomed the ninth Democratic elected official to switch parties to the GOP this year since the Innauguration of President Barack Obama. At a press conference featuring Governor Haley Barbour and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, the GOP announced that five-term Neshoba County Chancery Clerk Larry McMillan has switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Who’s next?

RGA looks at 2009 and 2010

This is a strong piece on what the Republican Governors Association did in Virginia and New Jersey under the leadership of Haley Barbour.

And here is a piece on the RGA’s focus in 2010.