The Devil You Don't Know

摘要

Nikki Haley is almost everything the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce could want in a candidate for governor: A former small business owner (she helped run her family's luxury-clothing company in Lexington, S.C.), Haley has served on the boards of two local chambers and campaigns on the traditional business gospel of lower taxes and smaller government.rnAs Haley was steaming toward an easy win in the Republican primary runoff last June, the South Carolina Chamber's board-56 business leaders representing sectors ranging from banking to health care to construction-met at Clemson University to decide whether to endorse her or her general election opponent, Vincent Sheheen, a Democratic state senator.