Posted on 01/24/2024 1:30:28 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Republicans and political pundits mercilessly mocked former Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday for moving her campaign to South Carolina instead of dropping out of the GOP primary.
The mockery underscores Haley’s lack of viability in the South Carolina primary, despite being the state’s former governor.
After former President Donald Trump gave Haley a sound drubbing in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the consensus among Republicans, media personalities, and Trump opponents was that Haley should graciously concede to Trump.
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Donnie Cultist.
Grow Up .
Name Calling like Trump show immaturity .
Trump ugly unpresidential immature Rants will guarantee a Demonrat Win .
The First two primaries have had very low turn out .
Trump behavior and Haily presence has killed enthusiasm .
Grow Up .
Stop the child like comment .
Trumps hate filled Rants will put Biden back in the WH .
People want an inspiring person to be President not a N Y city developer - Bully .
“ The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election”
Trump was born in 1946. Nimroda doesn’t even know basic math
You need to grow up. Trump 2024!
Call your doctor. Your prescription ran out.
She took the offer Kari Lake did not. It seems like she is selling out America for pesos. The GOP must unite, ‘not speak ill of another Republican,’ as Ronald the Great Reagan said.
even rona mcdaniel announced that haley should bail ...
within hours, Haley will find herself completely ostracized by the party power structure, and her only allies besides Democrats will be party castoffs, outsiders and anti-Trumpers like george conway, bill kristal, chris christie, adam kinzinger, liz cheney and the like ...
nonetheless, i suspect haley may persist as long as her money holds out because she’s too stupid, egotistical and/or arrogant to realize that she’ll become one of the biggest political pariahs in modern U.S. politics ...
it’s now absolutely clear that haley is nothing more than a Democrat-funded, traitorous, anti-MAGA, anti-Trump, anti-GOP stalking horse ... her recent shrill and hateful lies make even Chris Christie look like a decent human being ...
“ The First two primaries have had very low turn out.”
Actually New Hampshire set a record.
So stuff it, loser.
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So, who really does it for you burt? Nikki or Biden?
LOW TURNOUT?
WEATHER NOT A FACTOR????
You start by name calling then say name calling is immature.
Are you that dumb or just a troll?
So I get that you are a never Trumper...and that’s your business. So who is your magical candidate that will fire up the base and independents? It hasn’t been any of the “also rans”. I’m not trying to argue with you. Just trying to understand where you are coming from.
“Trump is as Trump does, and he’s been at it since 2015. Why the Trump hate”?
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There is no hate, just frustration. Joe Biden’s disapproval rating has descended almost into Jimmy Carter levels. I want him vanquished and diminished as much as any other FR member. But I have a nagging concern that the feeble and corrupt Biden could still squeak out a narrow victory in November. By any reasonable standard he should be easy pickings for the GOP, simply by running an effective and issues-oriented campaign, as Biden drools in his basement and depends on the mainstream media to carry water for him. Unfortunately, Biden remains quite viable when matched against Trump, whose disapproval rating rivals Biden’s.
Here are the three most recent General Election poll results:
Economist / YouGov – Trump 44, Biden 43 (Jan 24)
The Messenger / Harris X – Trump 48, Biden 41 (Jan. 24)
Morning Consult – Trump 45, Biden 40 (Jan. 22)
Trump hit his high water mark in the 2020 election when he carried 46.8% of the vote. Today, he is stuck in the mid 40s with zero prospect of increasing that number. He is a known quantity. The voters know him well, and no one is changing their mind about him. If the electorate was comprised exclusively of patriotic white males, Trump would have a historic landslide in 2024, winning 98% of the vote. Unfortunately the electorate is far more diverse.
As Trump’s loyal base celebrates his “victories” in Iowa and New Hampshire, what do those results really reveal? I submit the following:
As a de facto incumbent, Trump should have been able to vanquish his GOP opponents decisively (80 – 90%), especially after spending tens of millions of dollars in negative attack ads throughout 2023. Instead, between 45 and 50% of GOP voters in IA and NH said they wanted someone other than Trump to be the nominee. This is more than a little alarming at this point, and one could argue it shows weakness.
Trump’s base has proven to have enough strength and loyalty to fend off other GOP challengers. The larger question – Can Trump actually expand his appeal to other segments of the electorate that would be necessary to pull off a General Election victory?
He remains in the process of insulting and bullying his way to the GOP nomination, along the way permanently alienating a huge swath of Republican and Independent voters who would be essential to building a winning coalition.
I am no supporter of Nikki Haley, but I also know Trump will need her voters. Rather than showing some conciliation and respect, he continues with his childish ways (referring to her as “bird brain”, for example). This gets his base charged up, all the while driving away moderates and independents he would need in November. I wonder what Italian Americans think about all the months he distorted Ron DeSantis’ name? Trump doesn’t seem to care – this is all about Trump and getting his vindication.
It is no surprise that he remains stuck in the mid-40s when matched against Biden.
With Trump now a lock to win the nomination, Biden will proceed to mostly stay in the basement (along with a few trips to Philly, Detroit, Milwaukee, and perhaps Maricopa and Fulton Counties) Just last week, I saw the leader of a black mega church in Detroit describing how they are putting together a massive turnout operation for Biden in November. Along with these few visits, Biden’s team would then blanket the swing states with $2 billion in slickly produced ads and possibly squeak out a victory in November. At some point thereafter, he would turn the keys over to Kamala Harris.
This is a scary prospect, but recent history shows the concern is real. The best step he could take to begin expanding his base would be to select someone like Glenn Youngkin as a running mate.
I understand, I am about to receive incoming missiles from FR members, but I encourage everyone to contest my logic in a thoughtful manner rather than just hurl childish insults.
An interesting question about how far she’d go. My money is on Tim Scott rallying with PDJT to create the conditions for a blowout in her home state (as a former guv, for heavens sake). If she gets blown out there (30-point margin or greater), she’s humiliated beyond recovery. If Scott does his job, she’ll never make up enough ground with crossover Dems.
Frankly, I think she’s in this still only to harden her demand for the VP slot. Like her or not, it’s a crafty, smart (and ruthless) move. That’s why her campaign went scorched earth in asking Dems to cross over in upcoming primary states. She knows it’s not enough for PDJT to win by only 9 or 10 percent margins. Such numbers are humiliating for PDJT. If he can’t crush her in SC, she’s the VP.
In my opinion. (And, believe me, I’m no Nikki fan, but I think she’s gonna win this argument.)
Politics. It’s a bloody game. And she won’t be satisfied with a cabinet job, either. She’s already had one.
Incoming missile here: I flat-out agree with you. See my post below yours.
ya have to stop thinking of 20th century politics
21st century politics is a process of distancing from DC, from the UniParty ..from the previous centuries of centralized monolithic control..devolving power out and away form Fed.gov into the states
Youngkin is a nice guy. Hopelessly retro
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden
BTW Trump is HIGH 40’s -low 50’S —in the battleground dtates
Supporting Haley is out of alignment with your tagline
Look at the calendar:
https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-calendar/
The South Carolina Democratic primary is three weeks before the Republican primary.
Democrats with Trump Derangement Syndrome have to make a decision—vote early in the Democratic primary or wait three weeks to vote for Haley.
Most will vote in the early primary and then be ineligible to vote in the later one.
Yup—more on the New Hampshire turnout.
President Trump set an all time record for votes in the New Hampshire primary—either party.
The old record was held by Bernie Sanders.
Bernie bowed out because Democrats lockstep.
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