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Ron DeSantis has come in for plenty of criticism at CNN's New Day. But none of it has exhibited the visceral disdain that the show has heaped on another potential 2024 Republican contender—Nikki Haley. As we noted here and here, New Day's basic beef with Haley is that she is a "flip-flopper," a "weathervane," twisting with the political winds. New Day broke out a new epithet for Haley this morning, branding her a "pinball machine." New Day devoted an unusually long segment—a good 10 minutes—to nuking Nikki today. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

As soon as a promising Republican presidential contender arises, the liberal media sets to work whacking him down. And so it was on today's Morning Joe, which devoted a long segment to the rise of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, whom a recent presidential preference poll among conservatives showed edging ahead of Donald Trump. The thrust of the segment was that DeSantis offers many of Trump's advantages, but without his drawbacks. But Scarborough found the most pejorative way of putting it, saying: "We're going from the political heroin to the political methadone."Get the rest of the story and view the...

There's been a belief on the right that despite Joe Scarborough continuing to call himself a conservative, he has, under the influence of his wife Mika Brzezinski, and his social/business milieu, gone over to the dark side. I've often shared that skepticism about Scarborough, as earlier this month, writing that with his recent statements, "Joe has written himself out of the conservative clan." So when Joe said something this morning sounding like he'd be inclined to support Liz Cheney in 2024, you have to wonder: was Scarborough being sincere, or was this just part of the liberal media's plan to...

The liberal media is known to suddenly shower praise on a formerly reviled Republican who turns against the party's leaders. So you might have expected CNN's John Berman to heap hosannas on Trump's former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley this morning. After all, Politico published an article today in which Haley—also the former Republican governor of South Carolina and a potential 2024 presidential contender — offered pointed criticism of Trump. But instead of praising Haley, Berman said her criticism of President Trump was not a "Profiles in Courage" moment. He continued: "Nikki Haley, if anything, is a weathervane. I mean, she...