Nikki Haley says she's not going anywhere. These Republicans don't buy it.
Weighing the risks and rewards of an extended death march.
Nikki Haley has declared she’s “not going anywhere” in the 2024 Republican presidential primary – and she’s campaigning with the ferocity of a candidate girding for a longer fight than many in the political world had expected just a few weeks ago.
The former South Carolina governor has intensified her attacks on Donald Trump since losing the New Hampshire primary, calling him “unhinged” and “toxic” while leaning harder into her argument that his cognitive decline will prohibit him from winning another general election.
She’s collecting millions of dollars at fundraisers across the country and even beginning to look beyond her home state primary, holding a campaign event in southern California on Wednesday, unveiling leadership teams in Massachusetts, Utah and Washington and placing staff in Texas. Even the political gambling markets forecast Haley carrying on.
But with the Palmetto State contest still two and a half weeks away, a cadre of Republicans aren’t betting that Haley will persist, especially if she finds herself on the cusp of being clobbered in South Carolina on Feb. 24.
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