{"id":2119431,"date":"2023-12-08T06:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-on-the-rise\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T11:26:20","slug":"nikki-haley-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley soaring high"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikki-haley-on-the-rise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2119431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In \u200dalmost any other scenario, describing someone who is down 40-50\u200d points in national\u2064 polls\u2063 as \u201crising\u201d would likely elicit a description akin to \u201cdelusional.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>But this is Republican Party politics in the Trump era, and with looming indictments \u2062and nary a vote cast in a\u200b primary, as the late Yankees \u200cgreat Yogi \u200cBerra \u2064would say, \u201cIt ain\u2019t over till it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Nikki Haley: The Rising Republican Candidate in the 2024 \u200cRace<\/h2>\n<p>Nikki Haley, the first \u200dcandidate not named Donald \u2063Trump\u2063 to enter the race for the 2024 nomination,\u200b is the Republican candidate showing the most gains over the \u2063last couple of months. There is a path for\u2064 her to get the nomination, but\u200d it is razor-thin and relies\u2063 in part on circumstances beyond her control.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Polls and\u200d Betting Markets<\/h3>\n<p>Haley has improved \u200din \u200drecent early\u2063 state polls. While she remains in third place in \u2063Iowa polling, behind Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)\u200b and Trump, \u2064she took over \u200csecond place in New Hampshire and South Carolina, the \u2062latter no doubt aided\u2064 by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) dropping out of the race. The \u200dbad news for\u200c Haley is that, \u2063according to FiveThirtyEight, Trump\u2019s polling average\u2064 is above 50% in\u200b the state.<\/p>\n<p>Betting markets also have Trump in a dominating position, with \u2062Haley surpassing DeSantis. PredictIt currently has a &#8220;Yes&#8221; for Trump about who will win the 2024 GOP nomination at 76 cents,\u200b while Haley sits at 19 cents, and DeSantis\u2064 is \u2062a distant third with 7\u2064 cents. Polymarket\u2064 is \u2062similar: Trump \u2064is\u2063 at 84 cents, Haley 18, and DeSantis 11.<\/p>\n<h3>Primary Voters&#8217; Willingness \u2064to \u2063Choose a Different Candidate<\/h3>\n<p>For all of Trump\u2019s dominance, one thing that seems to stand out is the number of primary\u2063 voters willing to choose \u2063a different candidate. For example, \u2063in a recent CBS\/YouGov primary poll, one\u200d showing Trump with a\u2063 dominating lead of 61%, only 28% said they\u2019d consider supporting no one \u2063other than\u200b Trump. A solid 47% said \u2062they\u2019d \u200dconsider Trump and \u200cother candidates, \u2064and 25% said \u200dthey\u2019re not\u200b considering Trump at\u200c all.<\/p>\n<h3>Rattling the DeSantis Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>Haley\u2019s recent boost has clearly \u200drattled the DeSantis campaign and some of his\u200d boosters, particularly when\u200d Americans for Prosperity Action \u2064recently endorsed her over Trump and DeSantis in the primary. Andrew Romeo, a\u200c spokesman for\u200c the DeSantis \u200bcampaign, tweeted, \u201cCongratulations to Donald Trump on securing the Koch endorsement. Like clockwork, the pro-open\u200c borders, \u2062pro-jail break bill establishment is lining up behind \u2062a moderate \u200bwho has no mathematical \u2064pathway of defeating the former president. Every dollar spent on Nikki Haley\u2019s candidacy should be reported as \u2063an in-kind [contribution] to the \u200bTrump campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Fourth\u200d GOP Primary Debate<\/h3>\n<p>It showed \u2063in the latest GOP primary debate that took place\u2063 on Dec.\u2063 6 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Unlike the first three debates, Haley spent most of the evening \u2062on \u2062defense, \u200dfending off criticism\u200b from \u2062DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. DeSantis didn\u2019t make it through his opening statement before going after Haley, declaring \u200bthat \u200c\u201cshe caves\u201d\u2062 on policy when it comes to puberty blockers and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-promotes-transgender-sex-change-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Promotes Transgender Sex-Change Surgery, Puberty Blockers for Minors\">sex transition surgeries<\/a> for minors. DeSantis also went after Haley, claiming she\u2019d do whatever \u201cWall Street liberal \u200ddonors\u201d want and would \u201ccave\u201d to them regarding anything involving China.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy, sounding more like \u200ca troll on X than a presidential candidate, \u2063called Haley a \u201cfascist neocon with lipstick.\u201d He\u200b called her \u2063\u201ccorrupt\u201d and said, \u201cThis is a woman \u200dwho will\u2062 send your kids \u200cto die \u2063so she can buy a bigger house.\u201d At one point, he held up a legal pad on which he wrote, \u201cNikki=Corrupt.&#8221; Ramaswamy\u2019s screeds against\u2064 Haley were greeted with loud boos from the audience and a scolding\u2064 from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who said\u2062 of Haley, \u201cThis\u200c is a smart, accomplished woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the attention, fellas,\u201d Haley quipped at one point after \u200ba barrage \u200ddirected her way.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticism and Misconceptions<\/h3>\n<p>Elsewhere, people have sneeringly referred to\u200c Haley like DeSantis did in the fourth debate \u2014 as the choice \u2064of the \u2063\u201cdonor class.\u201d Most of the \u200bire seemed directed at Haley\u2019s foreign policy \u2062views. She is\u200c definitely a \u200chawk, but that does not mean, as some people suggest, that she\u2063 is therefore a \u201cneocon\u201d and\u200d an advocate of \u201cforever wars.\u201d Of \u200bcourse,\u2062 in the MAGA \u2063wing of the Republican Party, \u201cforeign policy\u201d \u200dthese days is limited almost entirely to\u2062 the Russia-Ukraine war. Haley has repeatedly said\u200c that continued \u200csupport\u200b for Ukraine is in the interest\u2062 of the United States because stopping Putin would deter \u200bhim from future attacks on other countries, such\u2062 as Poland. DeSantis and Trump have both argued that it is not in the American national interest\u2062 to keep backing Ukraine. While DeSantis opposes providing Ukraine with more military aid, Trump has\u2062 been\u200b cagey about it, imploring congressional Republicans to \u200csupply no more funding until \u200dthe Biden administration cooperates with investigations into the president and the business dealings of his son Hunter Biden. No one seems to take issue with Haley\u2019s vigorous defense of Israel, and most agree with her criticism of Ramaswamy, \u200bwho wants to cut financial \u200baid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Others seem\u2062 to liken her to a cutout of the late Sen. John McCain or Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), suggesting that\u200d she is\u2064 the choice of the dreaded\u200b \u201cestablishment,\u201d which\u200b goes hand in hand with\u200d the \u201cdonor class\u201d or, in some cases, \u201cthe\u2062 ruling class.\u201d There is some irony in people using such Marxist phraseology \u200bwhile proclaiming themselves \u201creal\u201d conservatives and\u2062 condemning Haley as a \u201cRINO,\u201d or \u200cRepublican in\u200c Name Only.<\/p>\n<h3>Haley&#8217;s Qualifications and Electability<\/h3>\n<p>Haley\u200d is, in\u2064 truth, a conventional Republican.\u200c She is culturally conservative but not a culture warrior, though she aligns with most Republicans in, for example, wanting to protect girls school sports from\u200b biological males who identify as female. She\u2064 is \u2064anti-abortion but won\u2019t commit to enacting federal legislation outlawing\u200d abortion. That \u200balienates \u2063groups \u200dsuch as the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which\u200b declared it \u200dwill not support a candidate who doesn\u2019t support at\u200d least a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stefanik-proposes-15-week-federal-ban-on-abortion\/\" title=\"Stefanik suggests 15-week abortion ban.\">15-week federal ban<\/a>. On almost any other policy, Haley\u2019s position doesn\u2019t differ all \u200cthat much \u2063from Trump\u2019s or DeSantis\u2019s, whether it\u2063 is the economy, the border, immigration, the Second Amendment and crime, education, and climate\u2064 change.<\/p>\n<p>Haley also has the experience that people with more than a passing interest in politics look for in a presidential candidate.\u200d She possesses legislative experience, having \u2063served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, executive experience as the governor of South Carolina, and foreign policy \u200dexperience as the U.S. ambassador to the United \u2064Nations. Haley is young. She \u200bwould \u2063turn\u200d 53 on inauguration day on Jan. 20, 2024. She would also become the first woman elected president in\u200b the\u200c nation\u2019s history. Haley also belongs to a minority, for she is the daughter of immigrant Sikh parents from\u2062 India.<\/p>\n<h3>Head-to-Head Against President Joe Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Haley fairs \u200cbetter head-to-head against President Joe\u2062 Biden than either Trump or DeSantis in several national presidential polls. In the RealClearPolitics average, Trump leads\u2062 Biden by 2 points, DeSantis leads Biden by \u200c1, and \u200cHaley leads Biden by 5. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-losing-biden-backup-plan-as-primary-deadlines-pass\/\" title=\"Democrats are losing Biden's backup plan as primary deadlines expire\">battleground state \u200dpoll<\/a> of registered voters from the \u2063Marquette\u200d University Law\u200b School shows Biden\u2063 beating Trump in\u200c Wisconsin by 2 points. DeSantis leads Biden by \u20632. But Haley leads Biden by 9.<\/p>\n<h3>The Precarious Position \u2064and Path to Victory<\/h3>\n<p>With all those positives, \u200dit\u2019s difficult\u200c to plumb the visceral reaction\u2063 some people have toward \u200bHaley\u2019s rise in the past\u2064 several months. The most \u2062common criticism seems to\u2062 be that Haley is not the \u201cfighter\u201d people are looking for. Activist voters on\u200d the Right want\u2062 a\u2064 pugilist \u2014 someone who \u2064will argue\u2063 and slam the press, attack \u200dDemocrats at every \u2064turn, fight the \u201cwoke Left,\u201d fight the \u201cdeep state,\u201d fight the \u201cestablishment\u201d and anyone else, using the power of the executive branch to do it.<\/p>\n<p>That \u2064leaves Haley in a precarious position, with time\u2064 running out. \u2064GOP  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c What qualifications does Haley possess that\u200b make her a strong candidate \u2062for the presidency?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ther policy issue,\u2062 \u2064Haley falls \u2063within the mainstream of \u2064the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u2063\u2064 Haley\u2019s qualifications for the presidency are impressive. She served as a U.S. ambassador to the\u2062 United Nations\u2062 under the Trump administration, gaining \u200cinternational experience and showcasing her diplomatic skills. Prior \u2063to that, she was the\u2063 governor \u2062of South Carolina, where she faced challenges and \u2062successfully navigated them.\u2062 Haley\u2019s leadership\u200d and ability to unite people were evident during her tenure as governor, particularly \u200din the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Haley\u2019s electability \u2062cannot be overlooked. She has the potential to attract a broad base of support, appealing to both \u200btraditional Republicans and independent voters. Her successful tenure as governor, combined \u2062with her strong\u2062 conservative values and foreign policy experience, make her a formidable candidate\u2062 who could rally the party and present a compelling vision for the future.<\/p>\n<h3>The Path \u2062Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>While Nikki Haley \u2063may still be lagging behind Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in the polls and betting markets, it is important to \u200cremember that the political landscape can change quickly. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-says-abortions-for-nonviable-pregnancies-should-be-banned\/\" title=\"Pence advocates banning abortions for nonviable pregnancies.\">primary season approaches<\/a> and the candidates continue to make their\u200c cases to voters, anything can happen.<\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s path to\u2063 the nomination may be narrow, but it is not impossible. If she remains focused on her message and gains momentum through strong\u200d debate performances and an effective campaign strategy, she could emerge as a serious contender for the Republican Party\u2019s nomination \u200cin 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell how the race will unfold, but one thing is clear: Nikki Haley is a rising Republican candidate, and she should not be underestimated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In any other situation, calling someone &#8220;rising&#8221; when they are down 40-50 points in national polls would be considered &#8220;delusional.&#8221; However, in the Trump era of Republican Party politics, this is the norm. Despite pending indictments and no primary votes yet, as Yogi Berra once said, &#8220;It ain&#8217;t over till it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2119432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2119432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}