The mainstream media appears to have got the message from the 'uniparty' – Nikki Haley is our gal. The neocon's recently improving trend in New Hampshire Republican Primary polls has sparked a wave of supportive headlines (and anti-Trump sub-texts) pushing Haley as the last, best hope for bringing down the advance of 'literal Hitler' to become the Republican candidate and into The White House.
“We always wanted to be strong in Iowa and even stronger in New Hampshire, and we’re on track to do that,” Haley Campaign manager, Betsy Ankney, told reporters at a luncheon hosted by Bloomberg News in Manchester.
But although she’s shot up 30 points over four months in the Granite State, she still trails Trump by nearly 16 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls.
But that won't stop the media trying…
Here's Bloomberg today – running three separate stories within hours of each other about how great Haley is doing…
Trump at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday evening said Haley was “OK” when serving as his UN ambassador but did not have “presidential” material.
The war of words continued as Haley accused the Republican frontrunner of “telling a whole lot of lies.”
But, much to the chagrin of the media's recent fixation on Haley, Trump has expanded his nationwide lead among Republican voters…
But Washington is not giving up in their OrangeManBad efforts.
Echoing warnings that Vivek Ramaswamy recently issued, Tucker Carlson laid out the potential 'cunning' plan underway to push Washington's favorite heel-wearer over the 'Orange Tyrant'.
In Iowa – before he ended his presidential primary run – Ramaswamy warned that the current system "wants to narrow us down to a two-horse race between Donald Trump and a puppet who they can control," namely Nikki Haley.
Carlson extends the thinking…
As Ron Faucheux writes at RealClearPolitics, there is one fragile, complicated scenario that gives Haley (or DeSantis) a glimmer of hope – and that’s if the dynamics of the race change because of a Trump conviction.
But, it won't be easy.
Despite Haley reportedly spending $4 million on an advertising campaign in her home state of South Carolina, JustTheNews reports that Tony Fabrizio, a Trump-aligned pollster on Friday, circulated a private memo including survey results that showed Trump ahead of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by 39%, The Hill reported.
Trump claimed 64% support in the survey, while Haley claimed 25% and Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 8% support.
News of Trump's lead in South Carolina comes after South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott endorsed Trump on Friday evening – a direct blow to Haley who appointed Scott to the Senate in 2012.
Scott is now the third major candidate who previously ran for the 2024 Republican nomination to back Trump.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy also joined Trump in recent days to throw their support behind him.
Trump told supporters Friday evening that New Hampshire “could end it.”
“We’ll finish it off,” he said. “And then we can focus on the worst president,” he added, looking ahead to a likely rematch with Joe Biden.