I’m sure the conversation went something like this:
GOP establishment: Governor Haley, endorsest thou our Most Holy Candidate Mitt Romney, and thou shalt receive the blessings for re-election from our Holy PACs.
Haley: Uh, OK.
Its pretty sad if she does endorse Romney.
I thought she was one of us.
Exactly. I explained to my husband how the fix was in for Romney a long time ago. He didn't believe me, but he said if I turned out to be right - he's done with politics, because our opinions don't matter anyway.
As long as the GOP establishment is choosing our candidates for us, why do we bother to pay any attention to politics at all? Isn't there something more productive we could be doing?
If Romney takes the primaries, we're done. We're all going to hunker down and let GOP sort it out.