Nikki Haley has done everyone a favor by announcing she is running for president.
This is partly because she didn’t edge crabwise into the race by first setting up an “exploratory committee.” That path bespeaks a candidate uncertain of her own suitability. Dipping a toe into the water rather than taking the plunge is a bad look for someone claiming to be the best chief executive for the world’s preeminent nation and global leader. Haley bravely and straightforwardly took the plunge; she is in.
It will be a blessing if this prompts Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is also from the strategically helpful primary state of South Carolina, to dispense with tiresome half-in-half-out timidity and just go for it when, as imminently expected, he breaks cover and emerges into the open.
