Is Haley still in this because of her ego / liberal + corporate donors / she thinks Trump will somehow be disqualified, thus forcing chuds to vote for her in November?

[–] axont@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

i feel like she's hedging her bets. She wants to be Mitt Romney, but isn't quite good at it. I feel like she wants to be a liberal darling, one of the good conservatives who stood up to big mean Trump. If Biden wins, she'll run for a lower office or gun for a cabinet position. If Trump wins, she'll get book deals and CNN spots for years.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

My Occam's razor answer is that it's an ego thing. Her ego must be the size of a small city. Not only that - she has an army of insanely overly-paid sycophants providing her with advice and "data" that show she's got a shot at winning. She well knows they have a huge incentive to lie to her. The longer she stays in the race - the more money they make. But denial (in this case self-deception) can be as powerful as love even though nobody writes songs about it.

[–] goose@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

At this point it’s just betting a bunch of other people’s money that Trump’s body will shut down before the election