Pluses for Haley
1) Served as RNC Chair during the 1990s. He knows aoubt building grass root organizations.
2) He is sharp witted.
3) He will serve two full terms as Governor of MS. Haley did great jobs in the cleanup efforts with Hurriances hitting his state. Thus he has a record of COMPETENCE.
Negatives
1) Haley worked as a DC lobbyist. The media will try to dig up how much he made as a lobbyist and who he dealt with.
2) Haley is from MS. His thick southern drawl may be a turn off to the West Coast, New England, and possibly the Midwest.
3) Running against Obama. The media will paint a Haley vs Obama as a referendum on racism. An old southerner vs a black marxist. The message will be “Does America want to move forward or turn back the clock?”
“1) Haley worked as a DC lobbyist. The media will try to dig up how much he made as a lobbyist and who he dealt with.
2) Haley is from MS. His thick southern drawl may be a turn off to the West Coast, New England, and possibly the Midwest.
3) Running against Obama. The media will paint a Haley vs Obama as a referendum on racism. An old southerner vs a black marxist. The message will be “Does America want to move forward or turn back the clock?””
I agree with you, but the good news is Barbour is such an astute politician that if he decides to run he will have a plan to deal with these very issues. Obama was a little high and mighty about lobbyists not working in his administration, and considering all the waivers he has sought to date for lobbyists to work for him I think it will be very difficult for Obambi to successfully smear Barbour without it making The One look like a total hypocrite. Lastly, the media will have no standing to attack Barbour on this issue without opening a large can of worms for their saviour.