Well, it didn’t take long for Gov. Haley Barbour to tell the people of Mississippi that his political plans are more important than staying at home and working on the budget.

From The Clarion-Ledger:

Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday he will still travel to Iowa and New Hampshire the last week of June, even if Mississippi legislators haven’t finished writing a budget.

“I don’t have any plans to do anything differently, based on the budget. We’re blessed with computers, cell phones, all that sort of stuff,” Barbour said at a Capitol news conference. “We’re always connected.”

We’ve called on the governor to stay at home and take care of the mess he helped create by demanding the Republicans kill negotiations in favor of a special session.

Instead, Haley’s going to go raise money for Republicans in other states. (I hope they have a better budget situation than we do…)