Nikki Haley is going to get shellacked in her home state on Saturday (yes, Saturday), can't point to a future state that she will win, is raising tons of money and is staying in the race against Trumpie until at least Super Tuesday.
Those four things don't group naturally together. But most anything, and most any number of things group with money. If she wasn't still raising it she'd be DeSantising.
But money and winning are tight. What explains her biggest-ever hauls coming after she gets clobbered? Lack of an alternative to Trumpie. Horror at Trumpie as the alternative. Big-money arch Repubes who 1) are Never Trumpers 2) hate Trumpie passionately (even if they'd vote for him over President Biden) 3) don't think Trumpie has a snowball's chance against PoJo in November since he's going to be spending most of March, April, May, and June in a courtroom from which he may emerge in time to accept the nomination at the Grand Old Phascist convention a convicted felon 4) shoot someone in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue or tab Adolph Hitler as his running mate, or contract some loathsome disease, these interesting people are continuing to fund Nikki in the whispered hope that something happens to Trumpie with Nikki waiting in the wings.
Hey, it's an alternative Demos don't have with our man.
