In politics, of course, timing is everything—and that axiom, which is particularly pertinent to presidential politics, is already playing out before our eyes. Donald Trump, a former president with a large small-donor base, has already been an official candidate for months in an attempt to re-establish himself as the party’s leader and beat everyone else to the fundraising circuit. Nikki Haley announced her low altitude campaign this week, presumably in an attempt to front-run the likes of Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo, her competition to raise gobs of money, and fast, to sustain their operations. Expect their announcements in the early spring.