Haley Barbour: Herman Cain would sweep the South

Chris Moody
·Political Reporter

Haley Barbour, the Mississippi governor who considered a run for president himself in 2012, said on Thursday that Herman Cain would sweep the South if he were the Republican nominee.

"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 Thursday on Laura Ingraham's radio show. "If Herman Cain is our nominee against Barack Obama, I think he'll sweep the south."