Posted on 11/23/2023 8:19:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
While the 2024 presidential election is still a year away, the Republican primaries are almost upon us. The Iowa caucuses are on January 15, and the following Tuesday, New Hampshire will hold its first-in-the-nation primary.
That's not much time for former governor and UN ambassador Nike Haley to make up 50 points or more in the polls.
Obviously, that's not going to happen. And realistically, Haley's chances depend on limiting Trump's victories in the early primary states and then winning some later contests in South Carolina and Michigan in late February.
“Nikki Haley is certainly locking up a lot of the Never Trumpers,” said Matthew Bartlett, a Republican operative who has worked on several presidential campaigns and is unaffiliated this cycle. “She also has real room to grow.”
The problem for Haley is that there aren't a lot of "Never Trumpers" to lock up. There never were.
But since perception is the coin of the realm in politics, Haley's only shot is to alter the perception of Trump as an inevitable winner. She can do that by starting to cement the support of the anti-Trump minority.
“Never Trumpers and ‘Anybody but Trumpers’ are really consolidating around her from a financial standpoint,” said Gross, who was chief of staff to former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.
There's a lot of money in the anti-Trump donor pool. There's certainly enough to run a credible campaign into the Spring.
Haley is benefiting from this recent surge of support. She is now polling ahead of DeSantis in New Hampshire, the first primary state, and in her home state of South Carolina. One recent survey showed her running neck and neck with DeSantis in Iowa.
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Nikki “Boeing” Haley needs to find the exit ramp ASAP!
This is getting so far off the tracks.
Nikki is the LMAO Candidate at this point.
#NeverHaley
First!!!!
I will never cast a ballot in a national election for DeSantis. He chose to wait it out and see what happens with Trump in these bullshit lawsuits instead of calling it all out as lawfare.
He’s dead to me and many other Trump supporters.
Read what I wrote again. That’s what I was suggesting.
Nikki is backed by $$$$.
Vivek Ramaswathy mentioned her contract with Boeing for example and if she wants Palestinians in the USA its because countries that do business with Boeing like Saudi Arabia don’t.
They should IMHO.
Curious to see if DeSantis will ever call out this BS lawfare going after Trump and anyone connected to him. So far, the Pipsqueak Ronnie D seems more than willing to let Soros’ DAs and Biden’s DOJ do the work for him.
Ha, ha, ha. Only BeijingBiden supporters even repeat this crappola.
It is just like the lies and other stuff ginned up against DeSantis. Same source, the Biden campaign.
Vivek got it right.
Dick Cheney in three inch heels.
She’ll do as good as JEB!
That’s great.
DeSantis has Team Rove-Bush funding him and was chastised into doing a 180 on Ukraine funding after his handlers reminded him where he’s getting the money for his campaign from now.
He’s a puppet. Blew it all on 2024 and exposed himself as a wimp who relies on Democrats disqualifying Trump to back door his way to a nomination.
These fools think that if Trump is kept off the ballot they then stand a chance of winning. Lolol.
Pretty dumb of him to include Trump allies who never declared they were running on that board.
Lies such as DeSantis saying he was against further funding of Ukraine and then less than a week later reversing that position after his Team Bush/Cheney handlers reminding him from where he’s getting his money to campaign?
Where’s the lie there?
Please let this be true so the Anti DeSantis spammers and their bizarre fetish/obsession will just go away.
“Never Trumpers and ‘Anybody but Trumpers’ are really consolidating around her from a financial standpoint,”
There’s a lot of money in the anti-Trump donor pool. There’s certainly enough to run a credible campaign into the Spring.”
how many tens of millions did it take Jeb! to win ONE primary delegate?
“The Republican candidates are hoping President Trump will be incarcerated. It’s their only hope.”
The Republican candidates hoping for that don’t seem to have very much upstairs, as there is NO WAY that they can win in November without Trump voters, and Trump voters are not about to give any Trump-hater their vote.
And so, of the declared candidates, only Vivek is viable in November, 2024. Perhaps someone else will pop up, but I haven’t seen any sign of it yet.
Hahahahaha. Beautiful.
We mock the Democrat’s lack of a deep bench.
Shut up! We had a deep bench (of RINOs) until Trump ruined it!
/sarc
Dem operatives? You’ve got to be kidding. Who do you think the Democrats fear? They guy they’re trying to put into jail? or the guy who pretends that 2020 wasn’t stolen? How many times do you have to get fooled by Conservative Inc., before you figure it out?
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