Would Nikki Haley take a VP slot nomination from Mittens?Let me first apologize for the post title. Not all jokes can be clever.
Presumably, but I do not see Mitt Romney asking her to join the ticket. Nikki Haley could not deliver South Carolina for him. She is in under ethics investigation. She is pretty much unknown outside of South Carolina. She would not bring anything to the table another running mate choice could not and probably less. Even if Romney just wants a pretty woman on the ticket, he would be better off choosing Susana Martinez or Michelle Bachmann.
If I had to guess, I would imagine Haley is interested ultimately in Jim DeMint’s Senate seat. DeMint says this is his last term in office, so his seat will be up for grabs in 2016. That comes right in the middle of what would potentially be Haley’s second term as governor. Such a plan would not preclude a spot on the 2012 GOP ticket. She would have nothing to lose. Voters generally do not hold running for higher office against candidates who decide to seek reelection to their current office upon losing, and she could potentially be the veep if all went well. But her eye is on the Senate.
I voted Haley for governor. I would not mind seeing her as veep, although I have doubts she could ever ascend to ever being a presidential candidate herself. She would certainly have to temper some of her conservative leanings. South Carolina Republicans are as far to the right as Massachusetts Democrats are to the left. Therefore, they are unacceptable to any power broker you would care to name: the republican elite, the mainstream media, the consultant class, etc. I imagine Haley knows this. If so, she will understand her future is in the Senate if anywhere at all.
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