Today is Super Tuesday. Fifteen states go to the polls to choose their preferred Republican Nominee for President, and the odds on favorite to win that gig is still Donald Trump, who has only lost one contest to date, and it’s the one you likely don’t want.
Nikki won in the District of Columbia. Yes, the belly of the uniparty beast. Haley scooped up 63% of swamp Republicans and all 19 convention delegates. But that was it. Trump won all 32 delegates from Idaho (84.6% of the vote), all 54 in Missouri (100%), and North Dakota (29 Delegates won with 84.6% of the vote) was last night. Trump has 279 (289, with DeSantis and Ramaswamy’s combined 13) to Haley’s 43.
According to The Associated Press, the North Dakota GOP (NDGOP) prepared 30,000 ballots for the March 4 caucuses—nearly triple the 11,300 ballots cast in 2012. ..
“[The North Dakota Legislature] eliminated the presidential primary years ago, leaving the decision of how to nominate presidential candidates to political parties.
Super Tuesday will apportion 843 more Republican delegates, so even a sweep today will not give Trump the nomination. He will need a week until March 12th (Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington).
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio are the week after.
Haley has said she will remain in the race through Super Tuesday (today) but has also said she is no longer under any obligation to endorse the Republican Party nominee. I’m guessing she’s discovered that her chances of being VP have dimmed if ever there was a spark. I never thought she had a shot at either job. When the uniparty went after Trump, she picked them over America.
Trump’s campaign issued a statement shortly after Haley’s (DC) victory sarcastically congratulating her on being named “Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and DC insiders that want to protect the failed status quo.”
Hillary might have something to say about who the queen of the swamp might be, and Haley would likely agree. She is, after all, why Nikki got into politics if I remember correctly.
Note: Missouri reported fewer than 1000 votes in its results, and none of them were for Haley.