Opinion: Which GOP Gave The State of The Union Response?

Hewitt asked Coulter if she really wanted Donald Trump to deport South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who is the daughter of Indian immigrants.

Nikki Haley, who delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address on Tuesday, has an American history problem. In her impressive nine-minute speech that launched her into national politics, Haley criticised Obama's policies but also tried to jab her party's White House front-runner Trump by urging Americans to resist "the siren call of the angriest voices" on immigration.

Republicans such as U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts point to weak economic growth, a rise in health care premiums, the financial insecurity felt by many Americans and the ever-growing threat of terrorism when they say this country is in a dire state. It's run by incompetent people and so I'm willing to express my anger and I wasn't insulted at all and she said that there are some angry people - there are millions of angry people. "I'm angry at the way the country's being run and by the results that we have".

Coulter jumped in. "Ambassadors, I would assume, this is a case that hasn't been ruled on, that the children of military, somebody serving in the military is natural born", she said.

Haley, seen by many as a potential vice presidential pick for the GOP, acknowledged her comments were aimed partly at Trump.

Haley's selection, the Observer said, is seen as part of the Republican Party's attempts to win over female voters, who will have a chance to elect the first female president if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee.

DONALD TRUMP: By the way, I have a massive lead in SC.

HORSLEY: Haley stood by her remarks today, saying if the country's going to move forward together, we all have to look in the mirror.

SC campaign finance reports show that Trump donated $7,000 to Haley during her gubernatorial campaigns.

Nikki Haley's "rebuttal" to the State of the Union address may well have marked the completion of her journey from the Tea Party to the Establishment.

The same can be said, to some extent, about those who represent us in Nashville.

"I have a lot of admiration for the governor", White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

She's pandering to two warring perspectives on race within the Republican party.

In contrast, Penny Nance - president and chief executive officer of Concerned Women for America - is downplaying the concerns many conservatives are voicing about Haley's comment. But she's a very nice woman, a very good woman. "The President has read news accounts of it, so he certainly is aware of her response", he said. "But just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean you're not a friend".

Meanwhile, Trump also took a shot at Haley.

Are we talking about the same Nikki Haley? What I will tell you is, the Syrian refugees, I said when the Federal Bureau of Investigation director called and told me that he had no way of knowing what their past was, we said, well, we don't want them.

"We removed a symbol that was being used to divide us", she said Tuesday of the flag's lowering.