What's up with Nikki Haley?

[Irish_Dem]

1. She can get votes. Will Trump choose her as his VP?

2. Or is she hoping to run for president in the event Trump is unable to run?

3. Or solidifying her base for a run in four years?

4. Given Trump's current problems, will Haley's rumored affairs hurt her?

[LeftInTX]

1. Trump won't choose her. Too much bad blood.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes but he knows she can get votes.

And make up for the votes he is losing from all the bad publicity right now.

It is going to be interesting to see what he does.

Will he be pragmatic or emotional in choosing a VP?

[Happy Hoosier]

41. Can she?

People voting for her ae explicitly NOT voting for Trump. Will the people supporting her in the primaries vote for Trump in the general? I'd say most of them, yes. And her being VEEP won't really change that. I think VEEPs can pull a ticket down but not really pull it up.

[Irish_Dem]

43. Maybe they are genuinely voting for Nikki.

Some GOP people like her.

Yes but we are not talking about a normal election.
Nikki only pulls the ticket up with a scumbag is running for POTUS.

[Happy Hoosier]

50. Maybe. But will they still vote for Trump?

Most of them will.

Veeps don't usually move the needle for candidates anymore. Unless they are psychos, like Palin.... and even that was a different time.

[Irish_Dem]

53. The polls seem to suggest a close election.

(Which boggles the mind.)

So every vote counts.

If Biden can peel off some of the Haley voters that would be great.

[getagrip_already]

55. the polls that count, elections, blow poll results into the trash

the primaries are proving that. Indiana had trump winning by something like 90%. He ended up with less than 80%.

Those were polls in a fairly conservative state. Of republican voters. registered voters.

and they still blew it by over 10%.

This has happened at every primary this year. Biden overperforms, trump underperforms.

You really don't need much more evidence the polls are wrong.

[Irish_Dem]

57. That is what some of the Dem strategists are saying.

Biden's ground game and raising money are good.

But we have to take into account the fact Trump, GOP, Russia and China will cheat to
install Trump in to the WH.

[getagrip_already]

59. of course.....

but the question was polls.

They are crap for a lot of reasons, but we shouldn't just sit and relax.

We have to win by a margin so large they can't steal it. Win so many states that the EC won't even be close.

Don't let that f'ing camel close enough to the tent to even think about putting its nose under.

[Aristus]

56. I still can't picture Trump voters showing up on Election Day with a woman of color on the ticket.

I genuinely don't know how many Trumpsters will hold their noses and vote, or just stay home on Election Day and shoot their dogs, or whatever it is those guys do.

[DemocraticPatriot]

45. She won't run with Trump and he won't ask her. If she did become his #2,

I think that would alienate many of the people who supported her BECAUSE they didn't want Trump again....

[Tickle]

2. Please tell all

I had no idea she was having affairs

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes, history of being unfaithful to her husband.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2811156/nikki-haleys-affairs-taint-her-image/

Previously, Haley denied being unfaithful to her husband, but recent reports bring that denial into question. The allegations are originally from 2010 during Haley’s gubernatorial campaign. She was accused of improper relationships by two separate men; one was a lobbyist, and the other was a political blogger, Politico reported at the time. Last week, the Daily Mail published an article revisiting those incidents, with details appearing to validate the claims of Haley’s transgressions.

[Tickle]

5. 😂 Ithsnk you I had

no idea these things happened. Never a dull moment with the repubs

[Irish_Dem]

6. These are just the two affairs we know about.

There are probably more.

But maybe people won't care anymore.
Trump has lowered the bar considerably.

[Aussie105]

7. Lowered the bar?

That bar disappeared the moment he walked down the stairs after being elected years ago.

Or maybe when he said you can grab them by the pussy - not too sure, but I know the bar that made Carter sell his peanut farm is definitely ancient history.

[Kaleva]

37. It started with Clinton

Prior to that, media stayed away from reporting on public figures affairs even though it was commonplace.

[lastlib]

19. Living their "family values"............

Whatever floats her boat, but ....

[Irish_Dem]

39. Yep. I don't care who people sleep with.

Except when they insist on being the arbiters of American morality.
The GOP is in our private lives.
So we get to be in theirs.

[lastlib]

44. Agreed!

"It's the hypocrisy, stupid." (that's not you, BTW.)

[Irish_Dem]

49. Yep. Two sets of rules. One for them.

One for the rest of us.

I have been called worse names, but I know what you meant!

[NanaCat]

60. Oh dear

The Washington Examiner is barely above the National Enquirer when it comes to credibility, and the Daily Fail is just as much of a tabloid as the Enquirer. It is not a serious paper.

Is there another source on the issue that isn't so...tainted?

[Irish_Dem]

62. Maybe do a search and see what you come up with.

It has been a persistent and long time story about Nikki Haley.

[Polybius]

65. Affairs don't matter anymore in politics

It's not like it was 25 years ago.

[hlthe2b]

8. 2028 (and waiting in the wings, just in case--my opinion)

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes I think so.

But also keeping other options open.

However aligning herself with Trump is risky if she goes that route.

[Lonestarblue]

12. If she goes with Trump, he will not tolerate much independence because the limelight mustvalways be on him.

She risks becoming another Pence, known for nothing now but his adoring gazes at Trump and being a religious extremist.

[Mike Nelson]

10. My take...

... her voting block/following is "FOR SALE" and waiting for the correct price.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yes she is meeting with her "donors."

Good point.

She is running for the cash.

Will she make more running or not running?

Waiting for the correct price.

[DFW]

13. I tend toward Door Number Two

Late in the campaign, if Trump suffers a stroke or a conviction, I think it’ll be straw grasping time, and she’ll be yelling, Grasp me, grasp me!!

[mopinko]

14. i mean, she has a valid claim.

i think that’s y she’s keeping her mouth shut.
hopefully after the convention, she endorses joe.

[DFW]

17. If Trump is still the nominee after their convention, it would be a sly move

But she is a prominent Republican, Sly moves are seldom in their DNA.

[mopinko]

31. i think they r in hers.

[Irish_Dem]

23. I don't see her endorsing Joe.

She is very ambitious and wants to run for POTUS in 4 years.
If she makes nice with Dems, the GOP and MAGAS will not like her
and hold it against her.

[mopinko]

30. and if she wants to lead the party back into the light-

she’s the 1 who can lay the claim to that crown if she backs joe.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Liz Cheney already tried that.

Has not worked out for her.

But the biggest problem with this scenario is that Nikki Haley has NO moral core.
She is empty.

She is not capable of doing the right thing.

[berksdem]

34. I can't see her

endorsing Joe. I would put it at a 3% chance at this point.

[Emile]

46. She'll never endorse Joe. Never forget Republicans

are extremely partisan and the power of the magic R has over their empty brains.

[mopinko]

54. and at some point in the, hopefully near, future all that falls.

and the person who struck the 1st blows will b the hero.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Yes I think this is a motive.

If Trump cannot run for whatever reason (and the reasons are readily apparent)
Nikki Haley is conveniently waiting in the wings.

She has proven she can get votes even when she is no longer running.

[Dulcinea]

15. 2 and/or 3.

If Dolt 45 can't run this time for whatever reason, she wants to be the default setting for the GOP.

If Dolt 45 does run, she'll try again in 2028, along with the anti-woke messiah Ron DeathSentence. I doubt Bronze Stalin will run again after this.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Yes this is the orange turd's last hurrah.

Nikki wants to claim his spot in 4 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Romney-Haley will prove competitive

How does orange turd go out in public to campaign after this week?

[Irish_Dem]

25. Haley is very ambitious.

And Romney is not MAGA enough.

I don't see them running together, unless things really change.

[tanyev]

32. He doesn't go out in public.

He goes to staged rallies filled with adoring cult members. Only thing that would stop that is if he got himself thrown in the slammer.

[ms liberty]

18. She's hoping the defendant will stroke out or something

And if he doesn't, well there's still '28.

[lastlib]

20. Accept VP nom?

Why would she (or anybody, for that matter) want to be known to history as "Trump's number TWO"? The jokes would write themselves.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Because she wants to be #1.

Trump having a medical problem, death, or incarceration could mean she assumes the presidency.

[onenote]

22. She's keeping her powder dry. She'll take the VP spot if offered.

Take the nomination if somehow Trump was out, but that's not happening.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Would not surprise me in the least.

She can get the votes and Trump needs her.

[Emile]

28. She is hanging around in the case Trump ends up in prison.

Pretty sad political party.

[Irish_Dem]

29. Ends up in jail or strokes out.

Yep that is the reality of the GOP.

[Voltaire2]

35. Puppy Killer Fucked Up.

So Nikki (I'm really a white person) Haley is now the top contender for 'Need a woman on the ticket'. Of course TSF might decide he needs an idiot black man instead.

[Emile]

47. Tim Scott has it sewed up!

[lees1975]

58. I don't think he'll choose Scott in the long run.

He's a black man. The orange turd can't do it.

[Emile]

67. He loves ASS KISSERS and Scott is the best.

[Carlitos Brigante]

36. She'll "kiss the ring" in the end. Most of them do. These people are all scumbags. nt

[Irish_Dem]

38. She is ambitious. She will do whatever it takes to get what she wants.

So yes if it serves her purposes she would kiss Trump's ass.

[Carlitos Brigante]

40. I can see her pulling a "Ted Cruz". And I don't mean the fleeing to another

country, then blaming their daughters bit. But the other one.

[Irish_Dem]

42. Yep.

Lets Trump defame and lie about him and his wife.
Then turns around and kisses Trump's ass.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

48. If President Biden can get a portion of these Haley voters, then President Biden should win

Link to tweet

[Irish_Dem]

52. Yes Tim Miller at the Bulwark says the same thing.

He is a former GOP consultant turned off by them now.
Working in the democracy ecosystem.

He says Biden should be working to get the Haley votes, he thinks it is quite doable.

[Bristlecone]

51. She would 100 percent accept a VP slot

[themaguffin]

61. I don't like Haley, but #4 is pretty sleazy.

Also, trump will not pick her.

And she likely hopes to run, but the base hates her.

[Irish_Dem]

63. The long time and persistent rumors are sleazy.

But they are there and never go away.

ETA If she wants to have a real presidential campaign one day she is going
to have to be strong enough to deal with theses stories.

[themaguffin]

64. First that I've heard, but she's a woman, so she's a slut and a bitch to many by default.

[krawhitham]

66. She thinks the RNC will give her the nomination at the convention after trump is found guilty in NY

And she might be right