Nikki Haley could be DC-bound regardless of foreign policy inexperience

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is being considered for secretary of state in a Trump administration, has an unusual background for the job: No foreign policy experience.

But Capitol Hill lawmakers and South Carolinians said she’d be a strong addition to the team because of her stature in the Republican party and her background as one of the few minorities and women being considered.

Haley, who ran as a jobs governor in 2010 and is in her second and final term, could be considered for other administration jobs, including secretary of commerce or an ambassadorship.

“She’s done a good job as governor of South Carolina,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. “She’s talented, capable and would do a good job in any assignment given to her.”

Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/politics-government/election/article115758533.html

[radical noodle]

1. Well hey..

She must be smart about foreign policy since she looks foreign to him, right? That's good enough for Trump.

[elleng]

2. 'Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina;

at the age of 44, she is the youngest current governor in the United States.[6][7] She is the second Asian-American of Indian descent to serve as governor in the United States, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. As governor, she also serves as chair, ex-officio, of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina during her term in office.[8]

Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa[1][2] in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian Sikh family.[13] She was "always called Nikki, which means 'little one,' by her family."[14] Her parents, Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, are immigrants from Amritsar District, Punjab, India, where Ajit had been a professor at Punjab Agricultural University. Haley's parents emigrated to Canada after her father received a scholarship offer from the University of British Columbia. After earning his PhD in 1969, Ajit moved his young family to South Carolina to accept a position as a professor at Voorhees College.[15]'>>>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Didja catch this from her Wikipedia page...

Haley was elected governor on November 2, 2010, over the Democratic candidate, Vincent Sheheen 51% to 47%.[54] She is considered the third non-white person to have been elected as governor of a Southern state, after Virginia's L. Douglas Wilder and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal. (Though notably, Nikki Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001.[55])

"Race" on your voter registration card? Do they still do that?

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Actually, she may be one of the better candidates for the job...

not because she is a woman or party status, but she is highly intelligent, pragmatic, and doesn't equivocate her principles as much as most other politicians. OK, some of those principles we don't like, but at least she has a few.

Head and shoulders above some of the other Trump picks.

(Yeah, she's anti-choice, but is that a problem as SoS?)

[TexasTowelie]

5. Yes, it can be a problem as secretary of state

since she could recommend or deny aid to other countries based upon their stance on abortion and birth control.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Possibly, but who are the alternatives for that job?

[TexasTowelie]

7. Probably nobody we would like,

but I think Romney has been mentioned. Petraeus and Giuliani have also been mentioned. Petraeus would provide an ironic twist since he already has been found guilty of most of the crimes that Trump has alleged that Clinton committed.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Ghouliani has lost his mind, but Trump probably doesn't care. Romney most likely...

will tell him to shove it, unless just possibly he would take the job just so someone like Ghouliani doesn't get it. Romney has also flip-flopped on abortion.

Petraeus I don't get. I think he's one of the good guys, but he carries a ton of baggage Republicans have shoved on him.

Are there any decent Republicans left?