Nikki Haley on Why She Endorsed Mitt Romney

I did not want [to endorse] anyone who had anything to do with the chaos that is Washington, D.C. It’s toxic: The relationships, the voting, the money that goes back and forth. The hardest part about my job has been the federal government. Everything I try to do, the Obama Administration has tried to stop, whether it’s trying to stop production with our Boeing plant or being sued by the Justice Dept. when we passed an illegal immigration bill.

As I went into this election, I didn’t feel I owed anyone anything. Sarah Palin had been very helpful. Rick Santorum had been helpful. Rick Perry had been helpful. Mitt Romney had been helpful. No one had asked for anything in return, so I felt I had a very clean slate. I met with all of them but Ron Paul. I would have gone to see him. He never called to ask for a meeting, so it just never happened.