Posted on 10/13/2011 3:04:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chris Christie's endorsement not surprisingly went to Mitt Romney, but another governor who was originally urged to join the 2012 presidential race says he’d vote for Herman Cain if the primary was today:
“He is likable. He does not give you the impression that he is full of himself, but rather that he is a straight-talkin’ person who, will tell you, he calls it like he sees them. He’s not trying to sugarcoat anything and at the same time he is not trying to be shrill and a chest-beater. He is a straight-talker, and I think that makes him very, very attractive to people,” Barbour said on the Laura Ingraham Show.
Barbour also said that Cain would not have trouble in a general election against President Obama, a critique of some conservatives who don’t believe the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO would be viable in a nationwide race.
“If this election is where it ought to be, and that is a referendum on how President Obama is doing, Republicans are going to win,” Barbour said. “If Herman Cain is our nominee against Barack Obama, I think he’ll sweep the south.”
Barbour is right on the money: If the GOP can’t beat President Obama in 2012, what does that say about Republicans? It’s one thing if he wins reelection because the recovery really does take off. It’s another if Democrats message their way to a win, if they succeed in placing the blame on “Tea Party Republicans.” With the politics this president plays, a true and robust recovery is improbable but his reelection unfortunately isn’t unless the GOP fields a candidate who can keep the focus squarely on the economy and not on his own vulnerabilities as a candidate. Cain just might be the guy to do it. He definitely has the confidence for it. He told Neal Boortz just the other day he thinks he could easily mop the floor with Obama in a debate.
“Neal, it would almost be no contest,” Cain said. “I can talk about every issue two levels deep. Whether you’re talking about the economy, job creation … I can even talk about foreign policy deeper than he can. Immigration. Every issue, Neal. … He’s never been a part of the black experience in America. I can talk about that.”
Clearly, he’s not afraid to throw down the gauntlet. Straight-talker, indeed.
see post 20. Given the correction - Haley said his WIFE would vote for Cain – I don’t think this belongs in breaking news...
good maybe he’ll open his little book and help him raise money
Absolutely no other candidate can say that.
>>> Could it be that he’s secretly being eyed for the VP slot? <<<
Funny - way back in January I said in an American Thinker article that a Cain-Barbour ticket would make the libs head explode with a black guy the boss and his right hand man a good ole boy from Miss-ssippi....(spelling phonetic)
Perry is not going to be on any ticket, we plan on winning.
Redneck Haley Barbour from a supposedly racist Southern state says Cain can sweep the South while supposedly non-racial “tolerant” types think Barbour is referring to the use of a broom.
Perry will not be the nominee because of his “heartless comment”.
The fat lady has come and sang, he is toast!
Nah, I won’t be voting for Herman. Not only did he play the race card, but trashed Perry 2 times on TV. (I heard him each time). Perry has never attacked him, but that might change.
JMHO, when Barbour says his wife would vote for Cain what he really means is that he would vote for Cain.
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