Haley is great, absolutely. But U.S. voters won’t elect him with his accent. (And I’m from Mississippi myself and hate this fact. But truth is the U.S. voter considers image too much rather than heart/mind.)
I agree with you on Haley’s accent. He is qualified, smarter than hell, lots of experience.
His accent is charming to many....to others...not so much.
He would be unfairly dubbed a redneck.
It is what it is.
Perhaps. Then again, maybe they would forget all about it if he laid out some serious wisdom in that accent.
And really, I don't think it will be a problem for him.
I listened to some clips of him speaking. The accent isn't too bad, maybe even kind of nice. He has a pleasant voice and a good sense of cadence, he does a good job of laying out an argument, and there's no sense that he's a racist cracker or anything like that.
As difficulties go, this is a foible that will make good fodder for the comedians, but that's to be expected. If he lays out a compelling platform, the comedy guys won't hurt him much.