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Haley Barbour will travel to Nevada on Tuesday to meet with Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) and have lunch with a handful of state legislators, a visit that suggest the Mississippi governor will make a major play in the Silver State caucus in early 2012.

While Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have received the lion’s share of attention from 2012 wannabes, Nevada is slated to be the third state to vote — on Feb. 18 — in the presidential primary process. In 2008, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucuses easily, with more than 50 percent of the vote in a still-crowded field; that result had many potential 2012 candidates shying from the state early on.

The Nevada trip is the latest in a very busy schedule for Barbour of late, as he prepares for a near-certain presidential announcement next month. Barbour spoke to the California Republican convention over the weekend, stopped in Iowa last week, will be back in the Hawkeye State later this week and will be in New Hampshire on March 27 and 28.

Barbour has also made news with a series of high-profile staff hires in early states, the latest being Sally Bradshaw, a longtime adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. (Bradshaw worked for Romney in 2008.)
“I’ve known Haley for a long time, and I’m convinced he’s the right person for the job,” Bradshaw said in an email to The Fix on Sunday night. “With Haley, what you see is what you get; he’s not afraid to speak the truth and be bold in the face of challenges.” Of Bradshaw, Bush said: “[Barbour] is fortunate to have her if he runs.”

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