Maybe it’s more about McMaster than Haley.
Posted on 11/22/2016 10:18:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
COLUMBIA -- President-elect Donald Trump is picking South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to become his U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier has learned.
The move, expected Wednesday, continues the steep political rise of the daughter of Indian immigrants that started six years ago when the Bamberg native was elected as South Carolina’s first female and minority governor.
The planned nomination to the cabinet-level post, confirmed by multiple sources with knowledge of the decision, is likely to raise questions about Haley’s qualifications for a major foreign policy role since she has little diplomatic experience as state lawmaker and governor.
The 44-year-old’s chief foreign work centers on negotiating with international companies seeking economic development deals in the state and leading seven overseas trade missions as governor. Her husband, Michael, was deployed for nearly a year in Afghanistan with the S.C. National Guard in 2013.
Recent UN ambassadors typically have experience in presidential administrations, usually with the State Department or National Security Council. The post would be Haley’s first in the federal government.
The Trump administration is likely banking on Haley's strong communication and problem-solving skills in being the U.S. representative at the 193-member United Nations in New York.
The governor won praise for her calm handling of the racially-charged Charleston church shooting and historic flood that took place just less than four months apart last year. After the shooting, she persuaded lawmakers to remove the Confederate battle flag that had flown on the Statehouse grounds for more than 50 years.
Haley would need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She would succeed Samantha Power, who worked on the National Security Council under President Barack Obama before becoming UN ambassador in 2013.
Haley, who worked in her family’s Lexington clothing store before entering politics in 2004, is expected to be paired with Mitt Romney, an ally of the governor and the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, who is a leading candidate to become secretary of state.
The pair were critical of Trump’s stances during the 2016 campaign, including a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the county.
But Trump met with each of them last week as he interviewed a number of candidates for key administration posts. They could act as counterbalances to an unpredictable president who is in his first elected office.
Haley and Trump were friendly before the campaign. The New York businessman contributed $5,000 to a pro-Haley political group in 2012.
Haley could benefit from the higher-profile foreign relations post if she decides to seek higher office, including president. Haley was considered a likely vice presidential pick during the primaries.
She could be appointed to the Senate if U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of North Charleston runs for governor in 2018 and wins. Scott is expected to decide on a bid next month.
If Haley is confirmed, Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, a former U.S. attorney and S.C. attorney general, would become governor.
McMaster, a 69-year-old Columbia attorney, has craved the governor’s seat since losing the 2010 GOP primary election to Haley. McMaster was the first statewide politician to back Trump’s upstart presidential bid.
McMaster’s promotion raises questions about who will take over South Carolina’s No. 2 seat.
Senate President Pro Tempore Hugh Leatherman is next in line, but the 85-year-old Florence Republican could step down from the leadership role to remain the state’s most powerful lawmaker as chair of several finance panels.
The lieutenant governor has much less influence in a state where power lies in the Legislature.
State Sen. John Courson, R-Columbia, stepped down as Senate president pro tempore in 2014 to avoid becoming lieutenant governor after Glenn McConnell was hired as president of the College of Charleston. Leatherman took the Senate’s top spot after then-Sen. Yancey McGill, D-Kingstree, agreed to become lieutenant governor.
Bush had a southern accent too
First thing he did as Texas governor was remove the Texas memorial CSA plaque from the capital grounds
Lotsa blood Yankees can’t cloak with southern accents
Haley is a lot prettier than George Dubya
But I fear she just says what she has to in order to get elected in dear South Carolina
I do. And I know that she took it upon herself to piss on South Carolina culture because she hasn’t the least bit of interest or respect for what came before her useless hide landed there.
And that makes her as Southern as an American hatched in Mumbai to American parents is Indian.
+1
She won her most recent election 55.90% to 41.42%. Those are South Carolinian voters.
How did your theoretical American hatched in Mumbai do ?
Did I say anything about her being elected? Apparently you need a map in order to follow the point of a post. Or you’re being intentionally obtuse, in which case you succeeded.
Her term for governor is up in 2 years and she can't run for governor again for another 4 years after that. So, maybe job security ?
“actually, I can’t think of any UN ambassador who went on to accomplish anything in politics”
Year Ambassador
1946 Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
1946–1947 Herschel V. Johnson (acting)
1947–1953 Warren R. Austin
1953–1960 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
1960–1961 James J. Wadsworth
1961–1965 Adlai E. Stevenson
1965–1968 Arthur J. Goldberg
1968 George W. Ball
1968–1969 James Russell Wiggins
1969–1971 Charles W. Yost
1971–1973 George H. W. Bush
1973–1975 John A. Scali
1975–1976 Daniel P. Moynihan
1976–1977 William W. Scranton
1977–1979 Andrew Young
1979–1981 Donald McHenry
1981–1985 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
1985–1989 Vernon A. Walters
1989–1992 Thomas J. Pickering
1992–1993 Edward J. Perkins
1993–1996 Madeleine K. Albright
1997–1998 Bill Richardson
1998–1999 A. Peter Burleigh (acting)
1999–2001 Richard Holbrooke
2001 James B. Cunningham (acting)
2001–2004 John D. Negroponte
2004–2005 John Danforth
2005–2006 John Bolton
2007–2009 Zalmay Khalilzad
2009–2013 Susan Rice
2013– Samantha Power
For a position nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, it seems singularly unimpressive. There are some impressive intellectuals with great minds, but that’s just about it. Other than 1971–1973 George H. W. Bush, none of them have gone on to a significantly higher role in government.
I’ll stand with my new President, Donald Trump.
He’s got a reason that we may not understand right now, but in the end....we will.
She only wanted two terms as governor and wants to move to senate or Washington. This is just a stepping stone to pad the resume. Remember the governor of SC is more limited than in other states.
Trump said: “Don’t believe any reports on my Cabinet picks until you hear it directly from my own mouth.”.
So, I don’t.
I don’t believe any of these reports , but especially I don’t believe the ones from ‘anonymous sources’ published in leftist media.
make America Cuck again..looks like the rhinos are taking over and Trump looking like a doll now..watch romney is next
IT beats Hillary so I have to remember that. I will be telling Myself more and more I’m afraid. I will think Conway is a bad influence
Ding! That makes her unwilling to fight for it, and too eager to go along to get along.
Maybe it’s more about McMaster than Haley.
Maybe that’s just a good place to shelve her out of the way. In my administration (hopefully Trump’s too) the UN would become that dinner you with your wife’s family you have to go to.......
What she needs is some American policy experience - like learning about the Civil War.
Daniel P. Moynihan was an influential Senator from New York.
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick was a great conservative under Ronald Reagan.
Nicky Haley is an establishment GOPe hack and does NOT deserve a post in Trump administration. It seems Trump is just trying to add more woman to his team, even if they do not deserve it.
Trump will regret it. Sooner or later she will stab him in the back, just as she did during the campaign.
It’s a meaningless position. Surprised she’d take it.
Usually (Bolton excepted) a dead-end position too......
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