Nikki Haley gets a moniker to die for: "Reagan in a skirt"

Nikki Haley took her campaign to the northern part of South Carolina, touting elements of her newly released jobs plan and telling a crowd of 400 that she is running to “put common sense back in South Carolina.”

The Republican pick for South Carolina governor raised more than $34,000 at the fundraiser while delivering a 10-minute speech and taking questions from guests on issues ranging from immigration to stimulus money to education.

“We’re going to restructure our government, and we’re going to make it accountable,” Haley told an enthusiastic crowd at the clubhouse of a subdivision outside Rock Hill, S.C.

State Rep. Ralph Norman, York County Republican, introduced Haley as “Ronald Reagan in a skirt,” a description she somewhat cautiously embraced.