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Could Feb. 15 be a red-letter day for Nikki Haley?
The former two-term conservative governor of South Carolina and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is set to “deliver a special announcement on her vision for a strong and proud America” in seven days, and on her home turf in Charleston, South Carolina.
Multiple press accounts insist this day will mark the beginning of her 2024 presidential bid. News organizations are already contemplating the greater implications of her entrance into the race. It’s complicated.
The Daily Beast, for example, offered an examination of the possibilities titled “Inside the Trump Campaign’s Plan to Take Down Nikki Haley.”
The news organization quoted an unnamed Republican strategist who said that Ms. Hayley was the “Carly Fiorina of 2024.”
For those who need a refresher, Ms. Fiorina — a high-profile business executive — ran for president in 2016. Sen. Ted Cruz named her as the person he’d pick as vice-presidential running mate he won the GOP’s White House nomination.
One more press account, however, has taken the possibility of Ms. Haley running for a higher office to a whole other level.
“A DeSantis-Haley ticket? Now, that’s the way Republicans move past Donald Trump,” wrote Jon Gabriel, an opinion contributor to the Arizona Republic.
LATE NIGHT LIBERALS
Political persuasion can be a subtle thing, particularly when it flourishes in popular media. Such is the case of late-night talk shows, which are clearly dominated by liberal hosts and guests, according to a painstaking study.
“Late-night comedy shows ended 2022 with a unanimously liberal guest count and that trend continued until the very last day of January,” advises a Media Research Center analysis of six late-night comedy shows from Sept. 5 through Dec. 31.
The study tracked the political and ideological persuasions of guests who appeared on the shows in that time period, with noteworthy findings.
“Liberal guests outnumbered conservative guests 93 to 1. It was 99% liberal and/or Democrat,” wrote analyst Alex Christy.
