It is over. There is no longer any way Nikki Haley can win enough delegates on Super Tuesday GOP primaries to win the GOP nomination.
But her name might still be on your November ballot as the presidential candidate of the No Labels party.
This Friday, No Labels will hold a virtual convention to find a candidate for November. Haley is the number one prospect.
Joe Cunningham, a former Democratic congressman and the 2022 nominee for South Carolina governor, is now the political director of No Labels. He recently said that Haley remains someone with “broad appeal to independents, Democrats, Republicans.”
Haley has so far dismissed interest from the No Labels team. Her campaign has indicated Haley “is perfectly happy with the Republican label.” And if she ditched the GOP for the general election this year, she knows it will do fatal damage to her reputation with Republicans ahead of the 2028 presidential race.
Haley is already alienating Trump-loving Republicans by refusing to get out of the nomination contest despite repeated losses to Trump.
“I feel no need to kiss the ring,” she famously said in a speech explaining why she remains in the GOP race. “I have no fear of Trump’s retribution.”
By staying in the race, she has become Trump’s chief GOP critic.
Haley is slamming Trump for undermining U.S. support for Ukraine and praising Russian President Vladimir Putin.........