Barbour Responds To Presidential Rumors
The AP is reporting that Haley Barbour took a question today after making a speech to Boys State in which he was asked if ever thought about running for president.
Barbour said he has thought about it in the past, but “won’t think about it again until after 2010.”
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When asked if serving in the Legislature or coming from a business background was better experience for a governor, Barbour compared his background to Democratic President Barack Obama.
“For me, being in the business world was a much better way,” Barbour said, adding that Obama is the first U.S. senator to be elected president since President Harry Truman.
“You go back in American history, not very many senators ever got to be president, but lots of governors got to be president. Why? Because (being) president is an executive job of management and decision making, where being in the legislative branch is about compromise, it’s about talk, it’s about discussion.”
I would say this is the best indication yet that Barbour looks to be seriously considering a run in 2012. No one is going to say they are running at this point, but he certainly doesn’t close the door.