As reported this week, the Koch donor network, specifically its Americans for Prosperity Action fund, has finally decided who to back for the Republican presidential nomination: former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. This was announced as if it was a very significant moment signaling the final blow to the campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Haley has nearly overtaken in some polls in the early voting states.
There's only one problem, however. Both Haley and DeSantis are trailing the actual GOP frontrunner, Donald Trump, by 50 points nationally, which means all this hoopla over the Koch endorsement is about who is going to finish a very distant second place. This has to be the saddest example of horserace journalism in history.
