Nikki Haley could not possibly be dumb enough to believe that she has any chance to win the GOP nomination for president and surely is smart enough to know her remaining in the race has put the final nail in the coffin in her political career. So, why is she still in the race? In my opinion it is money. The evil forces that control the Democratic party can always find the money to pay off alleged Republicans to criticize President Trump and I believe Haley wants her share.
CNN and MSNBC has shelled out big money in the past to RINOs willing to bash Trump and other conservatives. The have been willing to do that because they have nothing of their own to offer the voters. Why else would she be willing to suffer total embarrassment like she is about to suffer in her home state. (Full disclosure: This morning I went to the polls and voted for President Trump)
A CNN panel met to discuss Haley and her chances in the race. The panel was made up of only women. Haley did not fare well in that discussion. They determined that her chances are as slim as at-bone steak in a roomful of pit bulls.
CNN senior political analyst Nia-Malika Henderson said:
“She wanted attention today and she got it. And, you know, the donors will be listening and maybe they‘ll give her a little more runway to continue this thing. Nikki Haley was there saying she likes hard truths. Well, one hard truth is her path to defeating Donald Trump is incredibly difficult.”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL“She sort of makes it seem like she has a beef with the GOP elite … the beef should be with the voters who aren‘t really buying her message at this point. I mean, in South Carolina she is going to lose by a landslide. She was a two-term governor there, fairly popular on the way out, but … people aren’t liking her. They like Donald Trump much better … I think she lives to see another day. It’s sort of a prebuttal to her defeat in South Carolina. But again, it just seems like another day of this campaign that will end at some point.”
Trump leads Haley 63% to 35% among “very likely” Republican primary voters in South Carolina. When a candidate faces numbers like that in their home state, they would drop out before the massacre takes place. But, Haley remains firm in her resolve. What does that tell you?She has an entirely differentprize inmind.
NPR host Ayesha Rascoe asked:
“What stood out to me about what she was saying today, is she was saying that she hasn’t given into the herd mentality, but when I think about democracy and when I think about voters, isn’t it the herd that wins, right? Like so it’s like, well, how is this going to work?”
“She does have some donors, I guess the Koch group, Americans for Prosperity, they are doing some spending in the Super Tuesday states but there’s never like really a plan to show what state is she going to win? Like, how this going to work? It seems like what is keeping her afloat is there are donors who are willing to give who really don‘t expect much of a return on their investment.”
Henderson noted:
“As much as she likes to say she’s not a creature of the elites, she is a creature of the elites. They are the ones who are keeping this afloat. There is no real groundswell of support for her even in her own state of South Carolina … And so it looks like she’s going to go there and really have an embarrassing defeat.”
Amen, sister.
