And you bet that Rick Perry couldn’t even spell Mississippi.

Hell, he owns it now!

Mr. Perry is moving to establish a “super PAC” to back his effort, and has turned to Austin Barbour, a Mississippi-based lobbyist and political operative to head it, according to three people with knowledge of the moves.

Mr. Barbour’s brother, Henry, is a Republican national committee member who has supported Mr. Perry for years. The brothers’ uncle is Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor and a senior figure in Republican circles.

The Bush Dynasty?  Pfff!  Perry’s got himself the Barbour Dynasty.  It’s like the Bush Dynasty, but only pastier and dumber.

You’ll remember Austin Barbour from the vote buying scheme uncovered when he worked for Thad Cochran.  After finding reimbursement checks reported to the FEC for $8,000, $10,000 and $15,000, for a total of $53,000 in “get out the vote” cash, Barbour had a logical explanation.

Cochran campaign adviser Austin Barbour says the filings were a mistake by the campaign’s treasurer. He said they should be listed as cash payments to “dozens” of people who helped knock on doors and with other GOTV work.

“Amanda, as director of operations, is like our office manager,” Barbour said. “So she would run to the bank to get cash to pay field workers.

Yeah, that’s what Amanda does.

Thanks to David for the heads up.