What Nikki Haley Should (Could) Have Said – HotAir

For a couple of months now, the punditry class has watched in bewilderment as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has stumbled from one embarrassing primary loss to the next, felled by a combination of Donald Trump and “None of These Candidates.” The same question comes up in nearly every bit of analysis you’d care to watch or read. Why? Why would she stay in there and keep swinging while the polls have stubbornly continued to be mostly accurate and her chances of gaining the nomination evaporate? There is virtually nobody supporting her at this point except for some Never-Trump holdouts and Democrats who enjoy watching her force Trump to waste resources and like listening to her bash the frontrunner. And the latter is a big part of the problem. It would be one thing if she were simply offering herself respectfully as an alternate choice with her own policies and plans. But…