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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Pathetic. We mock the Democrat’s lack of a deep bench.
The Republican candidates are hoping President Trump will be incarcerated. It’s their only hope.
I can’t vote for Haley. She wants to import Palestinian Arabs into the USA, and banish freedom of speech.
True President Trump will only beat her by 40 points
She’s not fooling anyone any more
Nikki McRomBush
Most of the GOP’s deep bench wasn’t stupid enough to run against Trump.
They wish
Well, while Deep State doesn’t have a deep bench, it does have a YUGE collection of dunce chairs!
I will not vote for her in the Florida Republican primary unless the US Supreme Court makes it clear (as a result of a lawsuit) that she shall legally be considered a natural born citizen.
Ditto Vivek.
I will probably vote in the Florida primary for DeSantis.
Bingo! There is no path for any of them short of Trump being dead or in prison... you can only conclude that is part of their strategy.
Trump is stuck at 46% in NH. Some might say stuck and some might say locked in. The real question is, if EVERYONE else leaves is there a person who can keep Trump from picking up 4% of the 56%? I suspect the person best positioned to do that is Desantimonius because he has (had) some appeal to MAGA. My opinion is that Birdbrain has no appeal amongst the MAGA base and there aren’t 56% Never Trumpers in the party.
Interesting since Trump doesn’t have any opponents. However the RINO/GOPe type voters and donors are migrating to her in spite of the dumbass, campaign-ending thing she said the other day about using your name on forums. She apparently doesn’t like the First Amendment.
There is no way that Nimrata Randhawa Haley will get a vote from me or my family.
Vivek exposed her thin skin. Wait til Trump gets started on her!
BONJOUR,SCUM!
THIS is exactly what makes me sick about our other candidates, they are PRAYING that President Trump is incarcerated on BOGUS charges!! NOT ONE of the bastards has stood up to our government being weaponized NOT ONE!! These SCUM in the GOPe should be NO WHERE near the WH, it is just fine with them that the government is holding political prisoners, lives have been destroyed and CRICKETS for AL, OF THEM!! SPIT!!!
> The Republican candidates are hoping President Trump will be incarcerated. <
Bingo. It would be different if the GOP candidates were all separated by a few points. But that’s not the case. Every one of them should endorse Trump, and condemn the witch hunt against him.
But no. Instead they’re hoping for something bad to happen. It’s ghoulish actually.
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