Nikki Haley’s backers urge her to carry on as she’s down in South Carolina

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Nikki Haley has lost big to Donald Trump in both Iowa and New Hampshire, and the coming states aren't looking any better for her. But at a local BBQ joint here Thursday, Haley railed against the "political elite pushing us to name a nominee when only two states have voted." "Why would we stop now?" asked Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations. The crowd was with her. "Don't stop!" her supporters shouted. "Don't stop! Don't stop!" The message belied the realities on the ground — realities that haven't…