A good piece in Politico  about the evolution of Haley Barbour's decision not to run for president.Despite most of the signs pointing to a run beginning next week, those closest to Barbour believe he simply didn't have the desire to - as Barbour put it - give a "10 year commitment" to the presidency:But even as he was taking all the usual steps - calling donors, visiting early states, hiring operatives - there were signs that the Mississippian wasn't all in.As he traveled the country testing the waters over the last few months he had begun privately using the same phrase to describe his intense exploratory schedule: he called it his "death march," a Republican who heard Barbour use the term recalled.[...]"I'm not somebody who's been dying to run for president all his life," the normally amiable Barbour said with a tinge of annoyance at an impromptu press availability under the bleachers of a high school gym. "I have a real life. I have a...(Read Full Post)