Nikki Haley seems to have lost her footing in the last few days and it shows how unprepared she is for the big stage. The first error was crazy - she flat-out refused to say the word slavery when asked what the cause of the Civil War was. She gave some word salad about government telling people what they could and could not do - you know, OWN HUMANS AS IF THEY WERE PROPERTY.

Just one day later she was asked very bluntly by an audience member at a town hall: "This is a chance to redeem yourself after last night's slavery thing. Would you be able to say categorically that you will not accept being Trump’s VP?"

Her response? "I could say to you what you want to hear and you could go check that box and then go do whatever but I am going to continue to tell you my truth and that I always told the truth even when I was in the administration. President Trump and I worked well together."

That wasn't an outright no. Or even a maybe. She just ignored the question and rambled.

This is a really crazy fall from what would have been the top non-Trump contender in the GOP. She performed so well in the last debate and clearly overtook DeSantis the Lizard Man, Christie the Trump Slayer and Ramaswamy the used car salesman. I am starting to think that she is best prepared to answer questions on a stage where she has a rough idea on topics and can prepare for them. Random questions from the audience really throw her - she can't study up or have canned answers memorized. And when she loses that, she fumbles big time.

What will be her third flub? Vaccine denialism? 9/11 truther? DID WE REALLY PUT A MAN ON THE MOON?