McCain Courts Barbour?

McCain's Southern Region Co-chairman Senator Lindsey Graham (his other Southern Co-chair is Mississippi's Chip Pickering) is working endorsements for the frontrunner. According to a Washington Post blog, Graham "said he had already called Georgia Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson to see if they were willing to endorse McCain before their state's Feb. 5 primary. 'They'll come as a package,' Graham said, adding he had told Chambliss -- who is up for reelection this year -- that backing McCain would prove to be an asset in the general election even if it would spark some criticism in the primary. Other Republicans on Graham's wish list? Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour."