she was seen as this party's -- you know, the hope. i'll get to more of that in a second because what the party is dealing with right now is capitulation to this feted b.s. the biggest indicator of this party's leaning has become its silence. it is like the malignancy of the ideas from this president will lead nowhere but to more victories, so shhh. well, the midterms told you otherwise, but so should this. you don't sell hate in america. you don't do that and get a majority, not now, not ever. too many of us are just a couple generations removed from being the people you attack or that you just sit quiet in the face of when some big shot is doing the same. you empower what you ignore, and you are complicit in what you excuse. silence is not safety. that's the problem with nikki haley saying what she did about the confederate flag. she's ignoring the obvious, and we know that she knows it's obvious because she said it before she said what she said