saw someone post this on another forum:
Haley is not a viable Republican candidate. She is the kind of candidate that Democrats and liberals think Republicans should have. Democrats like her because she is a creature of the bloviated system of corruption and kickbacks, and liberals like her because she comes across as a beatable conservative who they can still like after they've crushed her.
If Trump drops out today, Haley's numbers won't change. Ramaswamy and DeSantis will simply rise up into the 30s. Almost no rank-and-file conservative voter likes Haley. She is a military industrial complex candidate with victimhood points. Yuk!
It's seems most people on the left just assume the opposition is supposed to lay down so they can win. Republicans don't want milk toast conservative candidates Democrats would like. Just like you don't see Democrats chumping at the bit for the likes of Manchin. Republicans would like those centrist Democrats more too.
Hence why the Democrat loved candidates like Nikki Haley, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney and the like, are perpetual loser type candidates.
These are just not the kinds of national candidates Republicans want.
It's Trump, who is great in terms of pushing Conservative agenda without remorse. And if not him, you want Desantis. Why? Because he is a competent Conservative Governor who doesn't grovel to the media and the left. And at worst, conservatives will settle for the Upstart kid Vivek. Who is by a large margin the smartest candidate on either side of the divide.
Sure, Democrats, Leftists and the State media don't like these candidates, but that's par for the course. No media liked Republican candidate has won the Presidency in 50 years.
It is as good a sign that you are guaranteed to lose as a Republican when the media likes you. It simply means you are weak. The media has never liked a strong Republican candidate...