Long before all this week’s hoopla over Barbour’s rose-tinted recollections of the segregationist Citizens’ Councils, two major GOP donors who supported the controversial Swiftboat ads had already stopped their donations to the political action committee affiliated with Haley Barbour. The 527 organization known as Haley’s PAC brought in $986,506 in 2008 — but that number dropped to just $211,486 in 2009, according to recently disclosed IRS filings.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=116744