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Coveted Endorsements Up for Grabs in South Carolina
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Feb 11, 2016 | Valerie Bauerlein

Posted on 02/11/2016 8:29:10 AM PST by monkapotamus

A week ago, Ms. Haley said she was within days of deciding whether to endorse a candidate in the Feb. 20 GOP primary...

But Ms. Haley seemed to tamp down such speculation on Monday, using her Facebook page to post lyrics to Adele's "Rumour Has It": "Just 'cause I said it, don't mean that I meant it," she wrote. Her aides are mum this week on when, or whether, she might endorse.

Her lieutenant governor, Henry McMaster, has endorsed GOP front-runner Donald Trump....

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: nikkihaley
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1 posted on 02/11/2016 8:29:10 AM PST by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

Big question is, do people want Nikki Haley’s endorsement? She’s become a bit of a polarizing figure after the whole Confederate Flag debacle.


2 posted on 02/11/2016 8:31:17 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: monkapotamus

Smart. I’d make certain to vote against anyone this hyphenated American endorses. GOPe all the way in my book


3 posted on 02/11/2016 8:32:07 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: monkapotamus

She was going to endorse the cabana boy but he stumbled. Now she can’t easily do it


4 posted on 02/11/2016 8:33:26 AM PST by Sybeck1 (Cruz is nasty)
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To: monkapotamus

While I am sure endorsements are sometimes effective, I have personal experience of a local situation where they were seemingly very ineffective.


5 posted on 02/11/2016 8:34:00 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: monkapotamus

Far-black SC Congressman Clyburn endorsed Hillary this morning.

But I can’t see blacks turning out for a mean bossy white lady.


6 posted on 02/11/2016 8:36:49 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: monkapotamus

I thought she was endorsing Barack Obama. That’s what her speech sounded like.


7 posted on 02/11/2016 8:37:12 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: monkapotamus

Several newspapers endorsed Kasich in NH, plus he had the endorsement of local politicians as well. Christie had the endorsement of the Manchester Guardian. Bush probably had several endorsements as well.

Endorsements don’t carry the same weight that they did years ago.

I can’t remember Trump getting anyone’s endorsement in NH.


8 posted on 02/11/2016 8:38:00 AM PST by euram
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Overall endorsements have limited value. Nikki Haley’s would be more of a negative than positive. Definitely not a coveted endorsement. Nikki Haley should be recalled.


9 posted on 02/11/2016 8:38:26 AM PST by Jane Austen (Say no to a Bush Dynasty!)
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To: Jane Austen
Adele will have that Song don soon.

Nikki Haley is not one endorsement I would want in South Carolina

Blaming the Confederate Flag for Charleston

10 posted on 02/11/2016 8:43:43 AM PST by scooby321
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To: euram

Trump got Scott Brown’s endorsement, the former senator from Massachusetts. Brown is popular in NH and campaigned for Trump.


11 posted on 02/11/2016 8:44:27 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: monkapotamus

Haley will endorse Rubio who is polling 3rd behind Cruz right now.


12 posted on 02/11/2016 8:44:55 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: monkapotamus

Coveted by whom?


13 posted on 02/11/2016 8:50:51 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Delegate count to date: Trump 18, Cruz 10, Rubot 9, Kasich 4, Carson 3, Yebe 3, Fior 1)
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Look Nicki Haley sold her endorsement to Mitt Romney for $35,000. She’s still taking bids for 2016 but most likely she wants to go for Rubio because she’s a RINO and now he ain’t lookin like a winner. She will never endorse Trump and doubt Cruz. Maybe she will just sit down and STFU.


14 posted on 02/11/2016 8:53:46 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: monkapotamus

Haley will probably endorse Rubio. They’re peas in a pod: two con artists who fooled Tea Party conservatives into supporting them, only to stab them in the back and side with the PC Left (Haley with the Confederate Flag, Rubio with amnesty for illegals).


15 posted on 02/11/2016 8:54:42 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: scooby321

That was crazy. From what I have read she appears corrupt and full of hatred for this country. She even made a comment welcoming more Syrians. Then during the great flood, she left the state. This was not reported until later when it was dismissed more or less as old news.


16 posted on 02/11/2016 9:00:42 AM PST by Jane Austen (Say no to a Bush Dynasty!)
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To: monkapotamus
She will choose Jeb.
17 posted on 02/11/2016 9:01:07 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Jane Austen
From what I have read she appears corrupt and full of hatred for this country. She even made a comment welcoming more Syrians. Then during the great flood, she left the state. This was not reported until later when it was dismissed more or less as old news.

Haley is being groomed by the establishment as a possible VP selection for their Presidential candidate of choice, which is why pseudo-conservative media outlets like Fox News sweep all of her treachery under the rug and defend her. They're salivating at the thought of a Rubio-Haley ticket, the ultimate in the GOP's special re-branding and co-opting of political correctness.

18 posted on 02/11/2016 9:04:11 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: monkapotamus

Rush just said Clyburn DID NOT endorse Hillary.

I thought I saw it on CNN this morning, but must not have.


19 posted on 02/11/2016 9:10:24 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: monkapotamus

It is a hard decision for her between Jeb and Rubio.


20 posted on 02/11/2016 9:12:05 AM PST by Parley Baer
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