Nikki is a Pink Elephant for sure...she identified with Sarah more than Mitt any-day....she appreciates Mitt endorsement and raising money for her but she was pulled from 4th to 1st in a matter of a week after Sarah endorsed her...wow!
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't put it past Mitt, to try some underhanded way of promising Haley the VP candidacy if he wins the nomination or something like that. To be honest though, Palin has S. Carolina in the bag with or without support from Haley. Actually, "anyone-but-Romney" has it in the bag.
It's really quite astonishing to think how much money Romney poured into his campaign in the early stages last time around and failed so miserably in most of the key primary states--even in NEW HAMPSHIRE! Now, with the landscape as shifted as it is--with conservatism as revolutionized as it is...it's mind boggling to wonder why he even bothers wasting his time. (Though I suppose he has enough money to spare.)
Maybe he thinks he can "capitalize" on Obama's failures...but even on that level, Mr. Romney-CARE will have trouble distinguishing himself. Although our society is desperate for some economic sense in D.C., we are VERY weary of the elite corporatist-culture Romney is the very epitome of, and are ever so eager to reject and stop once and for all "next-in-line" sense of entitlement that establishment candidates like him feel they have to the nomination.
I also assure you more Christian conservatives are suspicious of Mormonism and other cults which twist our Bible and claim our Christ in some fashion than religions such as Sikhism or Hinduism, which are wholly separate and distinct in their beliefs and heritage. (I actually think Haley could have won even if she hadn't professed her conversion to faith in Jesus.)
People then ask, "well isn't Glenn Beck popular among conservatives?" Well, going back to Romney, it's one thing to even consider voting for a Mormon bishop, it's another to vote for one who introduced a model for universal healthcare for the country via his state, who has flip flopped on all the most pressing issues of the day, who has strong ties to the corrupt establishment and to corrupt corporate America, etc...Beck at the very least has stayed vocally consistent in his committment to core principles.
Simply put. Romney cannot and will not win either Iowa or South Carolina or any of the key primary states...I didn't post this thread because I believe Romney will be Palin's (or any other GOPer's) biggest competition in the state. I posted it because it's intriguing to me how much Romney invested in both political and financial capital to tag his name to Haley in whatever which way possible and yet still remains pretty irrelevant in the whole scheme of things.