paul: with the first votes it to be cast in little over a week, the presidential primary race for the republicans is heating up and donald trump is the overwhelming front runner in iowa and new hampshire, ron desantis and nikki haley are in an increasingly contentious battle to be the runner-up. haley has surged ahead of desantis in the polls and new hampshire as the two are essentially tied. the candidates traded barbs on the campaign trail ahead of the first in the nation caucuses on january 15th. >> she was inspired to run for office not by ronald reagan or margaret thatcher but hillary clinton, and a gender that's very similar almost like the republican version of hillary. >> ron santos is lying. every commercial he is running in iowa is a lie. he's lying because he is losing.