I spent a lot of summers at the seaside in Rye, NH over the years so when I got word that Nikki Haley would be speaking at the famed Wentworth By The Sea hotel and country club I thought it would be a good chance to see a presidential candidate up close and personal. The standing room only crowd was not disappointed.
She was introduced by the state’s popular Governor, Chris Sununu, who has recently endorsed the former South Carolina Governor out of a large but shrinking list of GOP primary candidates, which might just be the springboard she needs to make a splash in the first in the nation primary.
New Hampshire voters are a pragmatic bunch, they want to see and hear their candidates face to face before making a choice and I have to say Haley said the right things. Rattling off a list of achievements as Governor of South Carolina she made the outlandish claim that her state now manufactures more BMW’s than anywhere else in the world, which apparently is true! The state is also home to auto makers Volvo and Mercedes-Benz as well as tire makers Michelin, Bridgestone, and Giti Tire. The lady knows how to create jobs.
But I have to say my favorite part of her speech was when she ripped her fellow Republicans for running up wasteful spending and debt. As someone who believes this should be THE issue at the top of voters list, and someone who very much believes in bothsiderism, this is the kind of issue that resonates with fiscally conservative NH voters.
To see how well this is working just follow the money, she took in twice as much money this past quarter as she did the previous quarter. Better yet, look at the response from the Trump team. Even in MA you can’t watch tv without seeing an ad from them attacking Haley, clearly in response to recent polls showing Haley within four points of Trump in NH.
And, contrary to what Chris Christie and The Boston Globe would have you believe, Haley is certainly taking Trump on directly and calling him out.
“So President Trump is showing me some attention these days,” she said with a smile and to audience laughter. “I gotta say: I love it. That means he sees what we see. But, literally, these temper tantrums he’s having, these commercials that I’m seeing and that you’re watching, everyone of them is a lie,” she said.
Voters deserve a choice in every election and Haley is giving them one for president, which is more than we can say for the other side. Democrats seem hell bent on rigging the election again to make sure Biden gets the nomination just like they did for Hillary in 2016. They seem to have forgotten how that one ended.
Thanks for attending and reporting.
1. Do not believe polls. They are designed to manipulate thought.
2. It's been said, I think, Nikki Haley is taking money from large Democrat donors. True?
3. NH is filled with Dem voters who will crossover to vote for her since Pres. Biden is not on the ballot.
4. She implies DJT caused an insurrection. There have been no formal charges made.
Not real sure she's not imbedded in a system that needs cleaning. Will she clean house? No.
DJT is DJT. Unless he's the snake in the poem he's got a track record of positive results in our country & world.