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Nikki Haley Is the New Ron DeSantis
Atlantic ^ | OCTOBER 11, 2023 | David A. Graham

Posted on 10/12/2023 11:10:34 AM PDT by conservative98

This might be Nikki Haley’s moment.

Not her moment to become the Republican presidential front-runner. (Don’t be silly.) Not even her moment to nip at Donald Trump’s heels. But it could be her chance to consolidate the anti-Trump support in the GOP, and to make a solid play for the silver medal and maybe a good speaking slot at the RNC in Milwaukee next summer.

The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador has risen, slightly, in recent polls, and is now third in RealClearPolitics’ average of national polls, after Trump and Ron DeSantis. She is consistently coming in second in polling in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire, having pulled ahead of DeSantis there. This week, she picked up the endorsement of former Representative Will Hurd when he dropped out of the Republican race. She’s appearing at two major donor conferences this month. Her boomlet is a long way from the big candidate bubbles of the 2012 and 2016 GOP primaries, but it’s the most notable surge in the race right now.

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Nearly a year of campaigning has revealed a huge gap between “Ron DeSantis,” the candidate conservative elites thought they were getting when they coalesced behind him last fall, and Ron DeSantis, the actual man Americans have seen on the trail.

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This combination enthralled "old-school" Republicans who had not either surrendered to Trumpism or abandoned the party. National Review practically became a DeSantis fanzine. Rupert Murdoch’s influential empire excitedly covered him, with the New York Post labeling him “DeFUTURE.”

Instead, they’ve gotten DeFlation. Just as my colleague Mark Leibovich predicted last November, the more people get to know DeSantis, the less they like him.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: bushcrimefamily; davidagraham; davidgraham; defuture; desantis; electioninterference; frrinos; gardenisland; gope; haley; nationalreview; neoconsvotedbiden; nevertrumpers; nikkihaley; nypost; rino98; rinosaretraitors; rinosedition; romneycrimefamily; rupertmurdoch; trash; trump
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To: conservative98

never never.... that indian took down the Confederate Flag in SC.... F her


21 posted on 10/12/2023 11:36:03 AM PDT by DOC44 ( )
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To: DOC44

any ticket with Haley’s name on it will get ZERO electoral votes in the south ... ZERO!


22 posted on 10/12/2023 11:39:14 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: conservative98

Their is no need for a pro-war, Free Trade/Anti-worker, open borders political party. That appeals to about 5% of the electorate.

The donors think that with the right candidate they can fool the voters once more. They are mistaken.

The US has drastically changed in the past 10-15 years. The average person’s standard of living and safety has gone down and nothing can make them not notice that.


23 posted on 10/12/2023 11:40:17 AM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: Garden Island

you are delusional.


24 posted on 10/12/2023 11:40:19 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Garden Island

Voted for DT twice, but he lost me at “Desanctimonious”. Is there another example of one candidate, much less a former POTUS, deriding a rival’s name?


25 posted on 10/12/2023 11:40:35 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: conservative98

She’s very good (or at least her campaign, or is the trad-RINOs?) at sending multiple campaign postcards, repeating the same China threat stuff. We get 2-3 per week for the last 2 months. Got another today, in fact.

Someone’s spending tons of campaign money on her.


26 posted on 10/12/2023 11:40:42 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: tsowellfan

Fox polls are a joke try again.


27 posted on 10/12/2023 11:40:59 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MNDude

And Trump has what ? Zero charisma .

I see a trump as a hate filled mean petty name calling arrogant bully who has serious legal real problems .
His business financials are awful .
We will lose a 6 th time since 2018 with trump .


28 posted on 10/12/2023 11:44:47 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: conservative98

I find feminized cluster B “leadership” unpalatable in comparison to solid representation.


29 posted on 10/12/2023 11:45:50 AM PDT by txeagle
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To: ncalburt

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4189048/posts


30 posted on 10/12/2023 11:48:11 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: tsowellfan

You’re silly


31 posted on 10/12/2023 11:48:51 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: conservative98

Icky Nikki makes me sicky.


32 posted on 10/12/2023 11:51:14 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: conservative98

Pretty sure she is the Old Nikki Haley rather than the new Ron.

Dead-on-arrival. She has no chance of being nominated and even less chance of being elected President.


33 posted on 10/12/2023 11:53:04 AM PDT by 13foxtrot
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To: Garden Island

Yes, we see how Trump is plummeting in the polls.


34 posted on 10/12/2023 11:58:28 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
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To: conservative98

No one remembers who wins silver medals. In the case of Meatball and ‘lil Nikki it is just best to forget them forever. Neither should be elected to national office, EVER.


35 posted on 10/12/2023 12:00:45 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Muslims in America must immediately return to their nations of origin to fight Islamic extremism.)
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To: gibsonguy

Good point.

I do recall polls by Fox actually showing Biden edging ahead of President Trump. And we all know how that ended.


36 posted on 10/12/2023 12:03:12 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: EEGator

Human beings, of which you clearly aren’t.


37 posted on 10/12/2023 12:08:42 PM PDT by Dat
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To: Dat

What am I?


38 posted on 10/12/2023 12:09:58 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: tsowellfan

It ended with a stolen election


39 posted on 10/12/2023 12:23:11 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: conservative98

AT LEAST DeSantis is ELIGIBLE.

NIKKI HALEY IS NOT


40 posted on 10/12/2023 12:37:17 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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