Charles Barkley has talked about running for governor of Alabama when he retires from basketball. Now he says he'll do it in 1998 - as a Republican. The Phoenix Suns star says he already has asked former vice president Dan Quayle and conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh for support. And he tried out some GOP rhetoric Monday at a celebrity golf tournament outside Philadelphia. "People just assume because you're black and from the South that you're a Democrat," said Barkley.