The Hill has a piece disputing that point of view….
For the nomination she NEEDS to NOT be seen that way….
(She is NOT HARD charger like Trump Greene or other GOPer’s….But her politics is in-line with the others )
If she was the nominee?
She’d need be able to sell that….
‘Branding’ is settling in already…
Trump and DeSantis purportedly represent the right-wing, populist MAGA wing of the GOP. Haley has been cast as some kind of centrist.
She has previously been able to “appeal to [Trump’s] more moderate critics,” according to CNN. She is “a more moderate alternative to the ex-president” according to Forbes. Parts of her message will “play well with moderate suburban women voters,” according to a Council on Foreign Relations blogger.
The last part may be true — but not because of Haley’s policies. Her potentially distinctive appeal resides in the fact that she has a temperamental evenness which the former president clearly lacks, and favors a tone that is conversational rather than combative.
This hardly makes her a moderate. Her positions are not those of centrist figures currently mulling a run, like former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R). Nor is she so direct a critic of Trump as another possible contender, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R).
In her stump speeches, her affable demeanor goes hand-in-hand with staunchly conservative proposals and themes.
At a Tuesday evening appearance in Marion, Iowa, covered by The Hill, the thrust of her arguments was in lockstep with today’s right-wing, populist GOP….
image…CNBC
Nikki can be anything you want at any given moment.
Trying to “classify” her with standard terms like “moderate?” Is a waste of time.