[Responsibility2nd]

Niki could have ignored the pledge like Trump did. She didn’t.

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Of course she didn’t. Had she ignored it, she would not have been on any debate stages or had access to RNC campaign funds.

[FreeReign]

Of course she didn’t. Had she ignored it, she would not have been on any debate stages or had access to RNC campaign funds.

And?

Nikki made a deal with the devil, so what? That shouldn't be an excuse.

Perhaps I'm misreading your point and that you are just pointing that out and not defending Nikki?

[Zhang Fei]

[Of course she didn’t. Had she ignored it, she would not have been on any debate stages or had access to RNC campaign funds.]

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Whereas Ronna McDaniel, Trump’s hand-picked RNC chair, funded Trump’s legal bills to the tune of tens of millions without requiring the pledge. One problem with Trump’s mouthiness is serious difficulties with getting the party factions to unify around him. Reagan, the most charismatic Republican of the last 50 years, limited his attacks on his GOP and Democrat opponents because he wanted as many of them as possible to vote for him in the general.

Reagan recognized that the GOP is, like all political parties, a coalition of both beliefs and interests. Many of these voters would have to hold their noses to vote for him over their preferred (primary loser) GOP candidate in the general election. By choosing runner-up Bush as his VP, he sought to mollify the biggest GOP faction. Even then, third place GOP contender John Anderson launched an independent bid that cost Reagan 6% of the popular vote.

Trump’s mouthiness has cost him votes in both elections. Based on past history, it’s unlikely he will make the compromises necessary to elicit a Haley endorsement.

Reagan never bad-mouthed John Anderson the way Trump has gone after Haley. But Anderson launched a third party bid to deny Reagan the presidency anyway.

The odds of Haley not just avoiding a Trump endorsement, but launching an independent bid are limited only by personal inclination. There are plenty of wealthy backers willing to help her put Biden back in office, and Trump-haters happy to put her on corporate boards as reward for an abortive run aimed at sabotaging Trump.

[mlitefan]

Of course she didn’t. Had she ignored it, she would not have been on any debate stages or had access to RNC campaign funds.

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Trump wasn’t on any debate stage...how did that work out for him?

Besides, she didn’t need RNC money. She was getting enough from the DNC.