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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I certainly prefer other candidates to Haley— even if Trump weren’t the dominant figure in this years GOP primary season. Trump is ahead for a reason— conservatives like him better.
That said
I like elections as a means of selecting our government officials. I don’t really care for talking trash about all the candidates that take positions different than mine. I may have to vote for one or another of these folks sometime in the future. I’m going to be voting for the GOP winner when that time comes.
I dislike the Democrats a lot more than I dislike any of the Republican candidates.
That's the best way to approach an election: Battle it out for your chosen candidate during the primaries, but in the general, if you want any say at all in the government you must go with the party. Sitting out the vote because your guy didn't win doesn't send a message to your party, it makes your opinion irrelevant. That's just the way it is.
The Bee strikes again.???
I suggest you vote for Biden/Kamala.
You need to revise your brain. Obama was declared eligible without either of his fathers (biological & adopted) were Kenya & Indonesia citizens.
And oh, noes! He only has, what, a 50-point lead on her?
Was Frank Davis not a US citizen? (And so Barry, as well?)
So far Biden/Kamala haven’t proposed bringing Palestinian Arabs to the USA. Maybe next week they will.
Hahahahaha you not very familiar who is the official father of any child?———> it is the name on birth certificate. Now you know something more.
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