She's an awful person with awful, hateful policies, but she's right to stay in from a purely tactical perspective.
The sick, ancient fuck isn't likely to drop dead in the time frame, but he's old enough, out of shape enough, stressed enough because his money is threatened and aside from himself that's all he loves(I wouldn't say this if one of his kids or spouse were in trouble or sick, he wouldn't care much), and prone to blood pressure raising rage fits, so she's more playing a couple numbers on a roulette wheel than a lottery, there is a significant chance it could happen even if it is still unlikely. For that job, it's probably worth staying for that spin. This occurring is almost certainly more likely than the chances of any third party run in living memory had at winning the general.
If he has one too many cheeseburgers, she'll be the one with the most delagates that also happens to have a fancy, schmancy pulse.
If he manages to get disqualified, sure, Haley would be the shoe-in replacement. But getting convicted of any of the other stuff doesn't actually stop him from running.
It was a condition of him allowing them to film in his building. Apparently he does it for anything filmed in/on his property - he gets a cameo if he wants it.
I cannot for the life of me remember where I read that, but it was a few years ago.
