Who is paying for Gov. Haley's expenses while she goes on her book tour? What about the expenses of her security personnel? I'd bet it's the taxpayers. Thanks for being a fiscal conservative Gov. Haley.

Why is ANYBODY even surprised?! She's an even bigger idiot than Palin.

All Republicans they have been given one line, We care about jobs and economy some of them being not smart thats what they say to all things kinda like Sarah Palin.

First, consider the source. Second, she was parroting the t-pub talking points. Third, Romney has said that women tell his wife that they are concerned about jobs and the deficit. So hang this tag on all of the t-pubs.

This woman is a real tool for abracadabratard conservatives. She'll say anything hoping no one is listening too closely. Pandering to the purposefully ignorant simply because she has an (R) next to her name.

nobody in the state likes her now. she will be one-term for sure

if Haley is so concerned about big govt telling people when/whether they should use birth control, then why does she and her republican party want to create big government rules to tell women when/whether they should have an abortion ? To put big governement between a woman and her doctor? Why doesnt the media ask the Republicans about this huge hypocrisy ? Why are the Republicans given a pass on this by the "lamestream" media , as Doofus McPalin calls them ? Because , actually, the mainstream media coddles the Republicans and does not call them on their hypocrisies. Palin and the Repubs have no answer to such fundamental questions. And the media does not want to embarrass them.

She makes Sarah Palin look like a Rhodes Scholar.

one-term Palin wanna-be. what an idiot

Mrs. Haley, please unclench your jaws. You look like a ventriloquist without the dummy.

This is what happens when a political party takes its cues from Beck, Coulter and Limbaugh.

She's auditioning for VP.
Hope she gets the job.

She IS the dummy! What an idiot. "They" say they want government out of our lives but then want to tell us what to do with our uteruses.

actually Neil, I am a pretty good looking redneck with all my real teeth.. want to meet?

When a person continually makes life critical decisions based on emotion and not fact and logic, that's a major defect in reasoning. That’s the best example of insanity I can find. Ever notice how Republicans have the same defect in reasoning as alcoholics, drug addicts, and religious fanatics? Republicanism is a mental disorder... Granted this is never more true than when this affliction is found in a Republican woman. A Republican Woman? Good God, that's like a pro KKK African American or a pro Nazi Jew, especially by today's GOP misogynistic standards. But there are way too many studies recently that prove the Right Wing mind is clinically irrational. We have all been told by our mothers, "Never ague with stupidity." A Republican has to want to help themselves first in order to 'break through', otherwise you're talking to a wall, just like an alcoholic. They have to hit rock bottom before they become open to help. I have found that it usually takes six to eight years of constant effort to get a Republican to think rationally, but that's taking into account there is an iota of commonsense in their head. Another problem with Republicanism it's patriarchal. It's seared in during early childhood... The Jesuits said, 'Give me the child till they’re seven and you can have the man.' Tragically... they're broken... Just saying...

BTW, I'm from Wisconsin - hence my ID - and I wish there were as many informed comments in our local Patch blogs... unfortunately there are many sheep, and quite a few paid trolls (shepherds?). Wisconsin is absolutely taken over by Koch money and influence. It is a nightmare. We are divided since Walker took office, we couldn't even enjoy our Packer victory. Right down the middle, destroying friendships, neighborhoods, and co-worker relationships. I'll pray for you, if you send some this way.

Haley got the talking points. The GOP con-job on the birth control coverage issue is their typical bait and switch. The issue was whether or not insurance should provide coverage for contraception. Very simple. And, the solution of requiring the coverage to be included in plans at no additional cost to consumers or employers is quite simple too.

So what do Haley and her Republican pals do? Once again they prey upon the uninformed voter. She says "we don't want government telling us when we have to use birth control." Well guess what Nikki, the government didn't tell you - didn't even try to tell - when you had to use contraception of even if you had to use it. That choice is yours. Why don't you level with people in South Carolina and tell the truth for a change.

Nikki making an idiotic statement.
What next? Claiming she went to Gay Paree to look for jobs?

She's pretty dumb for an Asian gal.
Good to work against stereotypes.

Listen up now. You can have all the contraception you want. Trust me. Liberals should be first in line. I don't want to pay for it. Abortion is not contraception. It's murder. I'm a female. I've used contraceptives. I paid for it myself.

the same liberals who love the right to abortion are the same ones arguing against slavery!

At Joe: that last comment made absolutely no sense. It was akin to the scene in Talladega Nights where "peanut butter and Chinese food" was referenced. Nothing in common. Andyeah, I'm from SC and Haley needs to go back to Bamberg and work for her parents, not us.

I think it was a PG movie, Joe couldn't get in.

hey joe, does your bible teach you to hurl insults at other people every chance you get?

Without simple, easy access to contraception it is difficult if not impossible for a woman to have a successful long-term career. When I started working in 1971, the reason given for why women were not given opportunities for advancement in the workplace was that one never knew when they might become pregnant and need to take extented leave from work. Contraception has made it possible for women to compete more evenly with men in the workplace. For Gov. Haley to state on television that "women don't care about contraception, but the economy" is crazy. For women, access to control of when and if to become a mother is essential to viable career and higher income. And to have a woman make such a statement is very insulting to all women.

Oh it would be so great if Romney picked this idiot as his running mate. She's even more stupid than Sarah Palin, and that's really something!