"If you want to hear an inclusive leader who's visionary, who's got a path for the future, who's brought people together, who's unified, it's Nikki Haley," Ryan told the CNN in an interview yesterday.
Haley - the two-term Governor of South Carolina - would be delivering the Republican response to the last State of the Union Address of Obama to the US Congress, in a move that has the potential of propelling her to the national scene and make her a formidable vice-presidential candidate.
"I did this speech in 2011, so believe me, I understand the stakes can be high for a person doing this speech. I think she's a natural. I spoke with her. I was with her on Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. The advice I gave her is put a cough drop in the corner of your mouth. It keeps you salivating so you don't go thirsty," Ryan said.
"I think she's a natural (leader). I think she's a great spokesman for our party. I think the future's extremely bright for Nikki, and that's why we asked her to do it," he said in response to a question.
She is the first female and first minority governor of South Carolina.
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