Happy Birthday to my mom.
Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee. Nikki Haley did well in New Hampshire, but she still lost and that loss came with disproportionate help from non-Republican voters who showed up to support her. She says she will stay in. She might get to South Carolina, her home state, but donor pressures will come to bear and she, like DeSantis, will withdraw.
She has put up a good fight. But Trump will be the nominee. Below is my commentary from last night on the issue.
Trump should go to the border in Texas. The border is, right now, a bigger issue than inflation, the economy, crime, climate change, abortion, and every other issue. The border is the top issue for voters who only vote in the general election. Trump can own the issue.
Just the other day, Joe Biden said there was no crisis at the border. His approval rating on the issue is around 22%. The only fight Biden has in him for the border is fighting Texas’s efforts to secure it. Today, after having won a Supreme Court (temporary) victory, Biden’s crew isn’t rushing to take up the razor wire. Meanwhile, because the Supreme Court said Biden’s Administration could remove the border wire, but did not explicitly prohibit Texas from laying border wire, Texas is continuing to lay border wire.
Trump, going to the border, would force the issue onto a national press reluctant to cover the issue. It is an issue that a majority of voters agree with Trump about. It highlights a fundamental weakness of Biden’s tenure in office. It is a complete win. Trump should move his campaign to the border before going to Nevada and South Carolina.
Let’s be honest here
I wrote yesterday that Fox has already begun the leg humping of the former president. In a quest for ratings they will have to maneuver between Trump and law suits from election vendors who will bleed every profit from Fox. Trump will blame everyone but himself and if Fox provides cover for him they may soon be bankrupt.
Fox News has already started kissing his ring (insert any other body part if it is pertinent). If you don’t like Trump then you are a Trump hater and must be mocked. The talking heads (which are scared to lose their ratings) are all swooning over him again. I voted for Trump twice and after all the lies for the past 3 years I will never again. Not much into watching Fox much now either. I can hear a lot of I told you so in November.