We would have expected conservative and independent tea party leaders to be leaning towards Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, or Michele Bachmann.  But in a telling trend, some of the most respected Tea Party electees….Senator Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire and now superstar South Caroline Governor Nikki Haley, are jumping on board in a big way to support Governor Mitt Romney.  Why are such popular women politicians stepping forward for Romney instead of say, Michele Bachmann?  Haley and Ayotte are stepping away from the beauty contest and looking squarely at the task of unseating Barack Obama.  Painfully aware of the challenges facing their own states, they know the future will be dim unless someone with economic skills is sitting in the Oval Office.   Tea Party leaders in New Hampshire have also thrown their support behind Mitt Romney, indicating that the dire state of the American economy is the defining issue for voters in 2012.  Here’s Romney on the future of America at last evening’s

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Governor Nikki Haley will endorse Romney tomorrow morning on FOX & FRIENDS, which will swing the door wide open in South Carolina for Romney to drive his well-disciplined campaign through that state on the way to Florida where Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are also friends and supporters.

With every day, the Romney effort looks more viable, and the hopes of Bachmann, Perry, and Gingrich, weak at best because each are hurting for campaign funds

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With Kelly Ayotte and Nikki Haley on board, the only question remaining is, will Sarah Palin also endorse Romney.  She campaigned for both women, and helped seal

their elections.

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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Dec 15, 2011