{"id":553805,"date":"2023-02-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-on-haleys-2024-bid-dont-rule-her-out\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:00:00","slug":"republicans-on-haleys-2024-bid-dont-rule-her-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-on-haleys-2024-bid-dont-rule-her-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans on Haley\u2019s 2024 bid: Don\u2019t rule her out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82b3e80b4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d82b3e80b4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-on-haleys-2024-bid-dont-rule-her-out\/#Republicans_on_Haleys_2024_bid_Dont_rule_her_out\" >Republicans on Haley\u2019s 2024 bid: Don\u2019t rule her out<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Republicans_on_Haleys_2024_bid_Dont_rule_her_out\"><\/span>Republicans on Haley\u2019s 2024 bid: Don\u2019t rule her out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/haleynikki_021623getty_haley-gop.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are warning against counting Nikki Haley out in the 2024 presidential race after a better-than-expected campaign rollout this week that offered an early lens into how she plans to take on former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In her Wednesday campaign kickoff and a subsequent swing through New Hampshire, Haley made the central <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> of her presidential bid clear: The Republican Party has an image problem and needs to install a new generation of leaders capable of presenting a forward-looking vision if it hopes to turn around its political fortunes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is not past its prime,\u201d she told a crowd of supporters at a rally in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s just that our politicians are past theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That message has so far been well-received by many Republican operatives and strategists, especially after the GOP\u2019s lackluster performance in the 2022 midterm elections. Yet they still say that Haley\u2019s path to her party\u2019s presidential nomination remains tenuous and unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s good for Republicans and conservatives to have her out there,\u201d said Dallas Woodhouse, a longtime GOP operative and the executive director of the conservative South Carolina Policy Council. \u201cThe Republican Party \u2014 it kind of has an image problem, and Haley can help with that. Now, whether she wins or not, that\u2019s a whole different thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Woodhouse also cautioned against trying to forecast Haley\u2019s success or failure in the 2024 race, arguing that the GOP is \u201cin uncharted waters like we\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get this sense talking to people that, yeah, she\u2019s a pretty good candidate. Not sure she can beat Trump, maybe they like DeSantis a little better,\u201d he said. \u201cBut voters have a funny way of deciding who they want and who can win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, at least, Haley has a lot of ground to make up. A\u00a0Quinnipiac University poll\u00a0released this week found the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador running in a distant third place behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a hypothetical primary contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That poll largely tracks with other recent surveys suggesting that the early Republican primary is a two-way race between Trump and DeSantis, a darling of conservatives who is widely expected to seek the GOP nomination but hasn\u2019t made an official announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Conant, a Republican strategist and adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio\u2019s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential campaign, warned against reading too much into those early polls, arguing \u201cat this point, they\u2019re pretty meaningless,\u201d given that the first nominating contests are still roughly a year away and only two candidates \u2014 Trump and Haley \u2014 have jumped into the race so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust ask President Giuliani and President Clinton how relevant the polls are at this stage in the campaign,\u201d he said, referring to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton, both of whom failed to capture their parties\u2019 presidential nominations after leading in early polls.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re largely tests of name ID and early enthusiasm,\u201d Conant continued. \u201cBut it\u2019s a really long process; you can\u2019t underestimate the importance of the debates. Candidates are going to rise and fall. It\u2019s just a really unpredictable process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woodhouse\u2019s group, the South Carolina Policy Council,\u00a0conducted a poll\u00a0last month testing a hypothetical head-to-head matchup between Trump and DeSantis showing the Florida governor with a lead among South Carolina Republican voters. Woodhouse noted that the poll \u201cisn\u2019t a predictive measure,\u201d but shows that \u201cthere is an interest for Republicans in looking at other candidates.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, some Republicans say Haley\u2019s challenges run deeper than her low-standing in the early polls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Her status as the first Republican to challenge Trump for the 2024 nomination means she\u2019ll have to map out a strategy for dealing with a former president known for his unrelenting attacks on his real or perceived political enemies. And while Trump himself has so far said little about Haley\u2019s entrance into the race, his allies are already testing out lines of attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Haley launched her campaign with an online video on Tuesday, the main super PAC aligned with the former president dubbed her a \u201ccareer politician\u201d and accused her of stepping down from her position as U.N. ambassador to \u201crake in money on corporate boards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A day later, Trump\u2019s campaign\u00a0blasted out an email\u00a0tying Haley to Hillary Clinton and resurfacing past comments expressing support for cutting Medicare and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And there are lingering questions about exactly what lane she hopes to carve out for herself in a potentially crowded primary field.<\/p>\n<p>One Republican consultant and presidential campaign veteran described Haley\u2019s strategy as trying to bridge the gap between more traditional conservative values, like reducing government spending and the federal deficit, and the right-wing populism that is pervasive in the current GOP and exemplified by the likes of Trump and DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Haley signaled this week that she could try to outflank DeSantis on the right when she said at a campaign event in New Hampshire that the Florida governor\u2019s controversial Parental Rights in Education Act, which bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, doesn\u2019t go \u201cfar enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAt some point you\u2019re going to have to be clear about who you are,\u201d the consultant said. \u201cI mean, can you say that you\u2019re someone who wants to bring people together and then turn around and criticize a sitting governor \u2014 and frankly one of the most popular people in the Republican Party \u2014 as not tough enough? I think there\u2019s a risk of seeming wishy-washy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for her pitch that she would represent a new generation of leadership for the GOP and the country, it\u2019s a lane that Haley likely won\u2019t be the only one to occupy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At 44 years old, DeSantis is nearly seven years younger than Haley and is widely viewed by conservatives as a younger and more disciplined alternative to Trump and his brand of Republicanism. And several other prospective candidates are also under the age of 60.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Conant recalled how Rubio\u2019s campaign sought to cast the Florida senator as a symbol of generational change. Ultimately, Conant said, that wasn\u2019t enough to get him across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we tried to do in the Rubio campaign and it wasn\u2019t what voters were looking for in 2016,\u201d Conant said. \u201cShe\u2019s running against two candidates whom age will be an issue for. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s her only message, but clearly it\u2019s one that I would expect several of the other candidates to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s not the first time Haley is running for office as an underdog. She first entered public office in 2005 after defeating the longest-serving member of the South Carolina Statehouse in a primary runoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Haley overcame long odds again in 2010 when she won the governor\u2019s mansion, beating out a primary field that included several prominent Republicans, including then-state Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Henry McMaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been underestimated before,\u201d she said at her Charleston campaign kickoff. \u201cThat\u2019s always fun. And I\u2019ve been shaking up the status quo my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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