Posted on 09/13/2023 1:03:36 PM PDT by mlitefan
Nikki Haley Positioned to Replace Ron DeSantis September 12, 2023 | Sundance | 430 Comments
The DeSantis campaign is imploding. The most recent admission from the team managing DeSantis was their shifted goalposts for a second place in Iowa. Additionally, there is now friction between Ron DeSantis and Jeff Roe (head of Never Back Down PAC), if the inside campaign leakers are to be believed.
There is an element of total understanding to the frustration about the bitter pill DeSantis is being forced to swallow. I mean, think about it, the management of Ron DeSantis didn’t just posit the 2024 campaign in the last year, this has been a long thought-out strategy going back much further. In retrospect, the DeSantis ’24 operation tracks to sometime in 2018; at least that’s when DeSantis had to give some formal nod of willingness.
Now, Ron DeSantis has to watch as Nikki Haley is shifted into his lane by the professional apparatus that controls the lane alignments. Ron can’t win, that is transparently obvious, and he is now being bumped down in priority as the financial control people start to push Nikki Haley. Seeing this must be driving Ms. Casey bananas.
CNN ran a puff piece on Nikki Haley recently, along with a poll showing that only she could defeat Joe Biden.
Before laughing, it’s wise to remember what CNN represents in the game of political media. CNN is the official state media of the U.S. State Dept. Nikki Haley was former UN ambassador and aligns with the worldview of the CNN control room and executive offices.
Haley is an empty vessel. She has no true positions of her own and uses the headlines and sentiment of the moment to determine her outlooks. This is why she previously said she would not run against Donald Trump, and said Bubba Wallace was a victim of horrible NASCAR racism. These might sound disconnected but remember, at the time each statement was made – these were shallow public opinion constructs, not core beliefs. Nikki Haley has no core values; she is a consultant’s dream candidate who will morph to the positions of the handlers.
ABC is now coming out with another puff piece to support Haley, in a boost to the narrative started by CNN.
The machine is working overtime now......
More at site.
So the position of distant 2nd has now shifted from DeSantis to Haley. Good to know. Maybe this will be a trivial pursuits question one day.
You may have missed the point. I certainly do not support Nikki. It is amazing how well some these people can play a role witty sincerity. When she was out UN Amb she was full on MAGA and it was all an act
Makes no difference. I will not vote for either of them.
Doesn’t have me fooled at all. Before he stepped up for the GOP nod against Trump... DeSantis was a GOP golden boy who has done some amazing things for Florida.
Now... people are tearing him down at every opportunity even though he has ZERO shot at the Primary against Trump.
Myopia runs strong in the GOP. We’ve damaged a REALLY good Governor because of our toxic political climate.
I put that blame squarely on Desantis. He chose to step into the ring too early. It’s completly clear at this point that he made that decision because the GOPe taped him on the shoulder.
This isn’t my fault, your fault or any Trump supporters fault.
Ron owns this train wreck.
I can accede the point...
However, none of that changes the fact that Nikki is worse. She’s a gender swapped McCain without the questionable war record.
I agree 100% that Nikki is worse. She is FAR worse in my opinion. She is in DEEP with the GOPe. Desantis is just getting a taste of it and it’s not too late for him if he comes to his senses. I don’t hold out much hope that he does though.
He won’t. He’s pissed off and anger clouds reason.
Oddly, I have the same critique of some of Trump’s reactions as well...
I have Nikki in the same bucket as Lindsey and Chris Christie. RINO opportunists that cannot be counted on to be a conservative when it actually COUNTS.
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