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Barbour says wife would vote for Cain if primary was held today
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday that if the election were today, his wife would vote for Herman Cain.
"He is likable. He does not give you the impression that he is full of himself, but rather than he is a straight-talkin’ person who, will tell you, he call it like he sees them. He’s not trying to sugar coat anything and at the same time he is not trying to be shrill and a chest beater. He’s 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.
Unlike other gulf coast governors, Barbour was down on the prospects of Rick Perry, saying that entering the race late was a detriment to his campaign.
“I do think for Rick, first of all, there is a long way to go. 90% of what matters in this nomination contest is still to happen. At the same time, because he got in later than everybody else, burning up time without making progress or even worse, time when you are actually sinking in the polls, is a serious problem and so you gotta turn it around.”
The Mississippi governor also hit Mitt Romney for his support of universal health care while governor of Massachusetts.
“I don’t know enough about what’s happened in Massachusetts except costs seemed to have gone up, costs seem to have gone up a lot faster than they thought they were going to, and of course that’s what all of us believe is going to happen with ObamaCare.”
Barbour was urged by some conservatives to run early in the primary process, but ultimately decided against entering the race.
This article was corrected at 5:20 p.m. to reflect that Gov. Barbour said only that if the election was held today, his wife would vote for Cain.
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