Senator David McCormick and his wife, Dina Powell McCormick, once normie Republicans and still an “it” couple, have written a book on mentors. The wildly successful duo had powerful ones from the pre-Trump GOP.
Nikki Haley
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Which Republicans Might Serve in a Harris Cabinet?
And the Washington Monthly’s newly released 2024 College Guide—all in the August 29, 2024, newsletter.
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What if Today’s Republican Party Wasn’t a Trump Personality Cult?
In a rational Republican Party, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley would be frontrunners battling in South Carolina for the right to face President Joe Biden in November. Donald Trump, having lost by over 7 million votes as an incumbent in 2020 and facing multiple felony trials in 2024, would be out of the spotlight. As […]
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How Ukrainians Are Dealing with Republicans Dithering Over Military Aid
In Kyiv and across the beleaguered nation, there’s a certain sang-froid as Republicans block an aid deal and even as a Trump could return to power, but they know that their future depends on Washington keeping its word.
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Nikki Haley, Dean Phillips Learn the Hard Way as Ageism Flops in New Hampshire
Both underdogs made their opponents age the central focus of their campaigns, and Granite State voters didn’t care. Will ageism work in November?
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Nikki, We Hardly Knew Ye
The former South Carolina governor vows to press on, but Trump’s hold on the party seems irrevocable, and she’s still not made a passionate case for why she should be president.
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: January 23, 2024
The (scant) history of New Hampshire surprises We are hours away before we learn the winners of the New Hampshire primaries, and perhaps the end of the entire primary campaign. The polling averages provide no suspense. On the Republican side, Donald Trump has a 19.3 point margin from Real Clear Politics and 15.6 from FiveThirtyEight. For New Hampshire’s Democratic primary—which will […]
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New Hampshire: Land of Presidential Giant Slayers. Is Haley One of Them?
Michael Kinsley, a contributing editor and alumnus of this magazine, once famously wrote that a political “gaffe” occurs when a politician accidentally tells the truth. You’re not supposed to look askance at Iowa, even to New Hampshireites. This is what Nikki Haley did when she dared to remind New Hampshire primary voters that they tend […]
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Forget New Hampshire. After Trump’s Iowa Landslide, It’s Over.
The Hawkeye state rarely predicts a GOP nominee, but with Trump, it’s different.
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Haley’s Comet
The former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina governor is having a moment, but as her abortion hustle shows, there is no there there.
