In a couple of hours, we should have the results of the South Carolina GOP primary. As usual, we will embed a live tracker at the end of this post so you can keep tabs on how it plays out. I’m not going to waste anyone’s time trying to build some hype about the likely outcome of the contest. Absent a historic, catastrophic failure of nearly every national polling outfit simultaneously or the literal Finger of God poking into the eyes of the state’s voters, Nikki Haley is going to be crushed by Donald Trump in her home state. She might overperform to a degree and only lose by a number in the teens, but the smart money suggests that Trump could run up a 30-point lead without breaking a sweat.
But it’s worth noting that the Democrats will not be going down without a fight, nor will Nikki Haley. Trump has been hitting the campaign trail hard and he’s saying a lot of things, some of…