With Trump’s Win, the Die Is Cast
Republicans had plenty of chances to nominate someone normal. Instead they’ve chosen the road of anger and spite and endless division.
It will be bad.
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Perhaps you’ve been avoiding the whole thing, and no one could blame you. But with Donald Trump’s victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, and the Republican nominating contest all but sewn up, the 2024 presidential campaign looks set to be among the bleakest in memory. Alea iacta est.
Nikki Haley’s second-place finish was small consolation. She may not be every Republican’s cup of tea, but she has conventional qualifications — a former businesswoman, state legislator, two-term governor and United Nations ambassador — and has articulated a plausible agenda. Polls show her strongly favored against President Joe Biden. She would stand a decent chance of getting conservative policies enacted.