There’s Actually a Good Reason Nikki Haley Hasn’t Dropped Out Yet
There’s Actually a Good Reason Nikki Haley Hasn’t Dropped Out YetNikki Haley’s presidential campaign started as an excellent adventure, but it now appears to many Republicans to be a bogus journey. Why is she still in the race after six consecutive stinging defeats? I have a theory: The answer might be buried in the Republican National Committee’s rules and their potential effect on her voice at the July convention. Haley will arrive in Milwaukee in possession of a cache of delegates — how many is unclear; at the moment, she has 20. The rules don’t simply give power to a candidate based on the number of delegates they possess. Candidates cannot have their names placed into nomination, and thereby get television airtime at the convention, unless they have a plurality of delegates in at least five states. That threshold makes a big difference for Haley in terms of her clout…