Nikki Haley 2024 Megathread

[The Mamdani Virus]

Well here we go

https://twitter.com/MaryCaitlinByrd/status/1620617373458829313?cxt=HHwWgsC43cW6y...

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Nikki Haley expected to announce presidential run in Charleston on February 15

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to announce she’s running for president on February 15 in Charleston, according to a person familiar with her plans.

Haley would be the first Republican to jump into the 2024 presidential race this year, facing only former President Donald Trump, who launched his bid last year, as her competition out of the gates.

She’s expected to send an invite to her supporters announcing the special event in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the matter. The precise details of her launch have yet to be revealed. One source said they believed she could publicly signal the announcement is coming with video in the coming days, but that possibility isn’t set in stone.

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The Post and Courier was first to report the date and location of the expected announcement, and The Washington Post was first to report details of Haley’s preparations.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/nikki-haley-2024-presidential-plans/index.html

[2016]

Good on you Nikki! Get your name out.

You gonna be a fantastic VP for Ron.

[BigVic]

Here we go

[Sir Mohamed]

DOA.

I'd be surprised if she's still in the race on New Year's Eve. And if so, she'll be out after getting 1% in the IA Caucus and 2% in NH.

[Suburbia]

She can't win

[Ferguson97]

Congrats on getting 2% in Iowa ma'am

[Virginiá]

https://mobile.twitter.com/_sn_n/status/1620641127409012736

[Zedonathin2020]

looking forward to seeing her get 3rd in SC, and later becoming DeathSantis's running mate.

[Whale Psychiatrist]

I have a fondness for Nikki Haley, at least when she's not managing to avoid taking a principled stance re:Trump. I agree she'd be a good complement to DeSantis.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Reminds me of the Julian Castro 2020 campaign.  Castro received a lot of hype from the media, partly from being a member of the previous administration's cabinet, but the hype train had been rolling down the tracks even before then.  Despite the media hype, voters knew very little about Castro and didn't really care about him.  He didn't have a clearly-defined place in the party and made clumsy attempts to try to claim a lane that wasn't a natural fit.  Ended up placing a big focus on his identity as a qualification, which just turned off voters.  Eventually it just became a race for VP consideration, which was pretty pathetic, and he dropped out after consistently failing to get above 1% in the polls.

Very easy to see this being the Nikki Haley story as well.  What is her role in the party?  What lane is she going to try and claim?  She's already made some clumsy attempts to try and stake out some MAGA territory that haven't really gone over well.  How long before she starts using the fact that she's a woman as an argument for her candidacy?  How long before it becomes clear that she's primarily running to be the VP candidate on a Pence or DeSantis ticket?

[Gracile]

I think her making it to SC is too optimistic even. I can see her dropping out before NH or IA (sort of similar to Kamala Harris dropping out so she wouldn't be humiliated in her home state).

[President Johnson]

Her bid won't go anywhere. Best case scenario is running mate for DeSandwich. She's not insane enough to be on Trump's ticket.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Reminds me of the Julian Castro 2020 campaign.  Castro received a lot of hype from the media, partly from being a member of the previous administration's cabinet, but the hype train had been rolling down the tracks even before then.  Despite the media hype, voters knew very little about Castro and didn't really care about him.  He didn't have a clearly-defined place in the party and made clumsy attempts to try to claim a lane that wasn't a natural fit.  Ended up placing a big focus on his identity as a qualification, which just turned off voters.  Eventually it just became a race for VP consideration, which was pretty pathetic, and he dropped out after consistently failing to get above 1% in the polls.

Very easy to see this being the Nikki Haley story as well.  What is her role in the party?  What lane is she going to try and claim?  She's already made some clumsy attempts to try and stake out some MAGA territory that haven't really gone over well.  How long before she starts using the fact that she's a woman as an argument for her candidacy?  How long before it becomes clear that she's primarily running to be the VP candidate on a Pence or DeSantis ticket?

She already has begun this. In an interview with Hannity she basically said she gets criticism cause she is a minority women conservative and then ended the clip with "may the best women win".

Like it was very cringe worthy , almost Kamala like lol

[The Economy is Getting Worse]

If Haley were the nominee, there would probably be massive reversion of both suburbs and WWC. Given her Neocon stance, Virginia will probably be more in play for example. While the Rust Belt will probably be lost.

[Drop Billionaires, Not Bombs]

If Haley were the nominee, there would probably be massive reversion of both suburbs and WWC. Given her Neocon stance, Virginia will probably be more in play for example. While the Rust Belt will probably be lost.

1. no
2. people hate neocons

[Arizona Iced Tea]

What are the odds this just is a puppet campaign just to become DeSantis running mate?

[Trump v. Wong Kim Ark]

Her bid won't go anywhere. Best case scenario is running mate for DeSandwich. She's not insane enough to be on Trump's ticket.

And Trump isn’t same enough to pick her. MTG would have a better chance at being picked than Haley would.

[Comrade Funk]

I have a fondness for Nikki Haley, at least when she's not managing to avoid taking a principled stance re:Trump. I agree she'd be a good complement to DeSantis.

She spent four years kissing his ass and carrying out his foreign policy as it embarrassed the country. Enough with the revisionism. It's disqualifying.

[Coldstream]

Bizarre decision, and a shame because I used to rate her and I do think she’s got some positives.

[Galeel]

What's the point of this?

[Doomer]

Her being a candidate will only hurt Trump’s main rival for the nomination.

It needs to be a two-person race to take out Trump.

[Bismarck]

She will drop out and endorse whoever she thinks will win in order to become VP or secondarily Secretary of State. That’s the whole plan.

[Senator Incitatus]

My prediction is that she will finish third in South Carolina and drop out; I consider this fairly generous.

[Progressive Pessimist]

This is glorious news. Well, for my schadenfreude purposes. Her campaign is going to make JEB!'s look like success worth clapping over.

Also, if she is throwing her hat in the ring, other has-beens probably will too. And that's good news for Donald Trump. A splintered field rather than just having DeSantis to run against makes his victory in the primary all the likelier. Christie, Haley, Hogan, Pence, Scott, etc. could all get 1% in primary contests (if they make it that far) and all it does is make Trump's rock-bottom cult plurality enough to win most winner-take-all states with.

Frankly, that's what the GOP deserves.

My prediction is that she will finish third in South Carolina and drop out; I consider this fairly generous.

Agreed. She'll be lucky if she does that "well."