i will say from being out on the campaign trail, things have really intensified in the last few days. take a listen. i like being under estimated, so, you know, i could sit here and say this, but you know what, i think that being the underdog suits me better, so buckle up. i think it s going to be an interesting ride. we have been waiting for this. i have done 150-plus town halls, and it has come to this moment. don t complain about what happens in a general election if you don t play in this caucus. it matters. so some might sort of diminish the importance of debates, but i can tell you from being at several nikki haley town halls, speaking to her supporters, showing up there, they tell me they were in part attracted to her campaign and candidacy based on her past debate performances, based on some of those high-profile
person gets second place. if ron desantis gets second place, this basically gives him another reason to go on. if he gets third place, he is going to have a lot of questions about whether or not he should drop out of this race. i also imagine that fundraising will become much more difficult. now, nikki haley, if she gets second place, she s going to have an argument to try to push desantis out of the race and go into new hampshire and really try to maybe push chris christie out of the race and maybe surprise people and try to actually beat donald trump in new hampshire. now, some polls show her within 20 points there. but, also, i think it s going to be really fascinating, this last stretch, particularly this debate that s going to be on cnn on wednesday night, because it s going to be the first time we ll see ron desantis and nikki haley one-on-one. nikki haley has had a lot of very strong debate performances, but struggled the last time. it s going to be really interesting to see if
he was just a regular guy. that is what added so much to his success over the years. alicia: i want to thank you for this conversation per there are so few people on this earth you are one of them, bob barker was more than that in their job everyday managed to bring smiles to people, joy and some laughter. he will be sorely missed, thank you so much wink martindale. wink martindale. eric: bob barker to another type of contest republican white house hopeful is back on the campaign trail out the smoke has cleared from wednesday s first debate that you probably saw it right here on the fox news chamfered florida governor desantis political news newcomer vivek ramaswamy are an iowa stomping there that is were governor desantis is set to hold his second event of the day right at this hour. take a look at a washington post poll shows both of those candidates scored highly in the debate performances.
capitalize of the debate, raking in over 1 million dollars within the first 24 hours, according to his campaign. also political newcomer vivek ramaswamy brought in nearly half 1 million dollars after the debate, and another 600,000 the next day. totaling $1 million. according to the new york post. nikki haley and mike pence have also been trying to capitalize on the debate performances. susan, who do you think is winning the fund raising fight so far? well, ron desantis has been winning the fund raising fight so far, because he had a super pac from when he was running for governor. so he transferred in tens of millions of dollars. something like $60 million he has in the super pac. he also has been and it s reported on, been shaking down florida lobbyists to contribute to his campaign. so i guess he looks at that as
hampshire, south carolina. the reality is if former president trump wins iowa, it s going to be very hard to defeat him in this nomination. if the other candidates can win early states particularly iowa, this is a different race. solid debate performances generate momentum. winning the key early states will determine this race. specifically iowa, i want to ask you about florida governor ron desantis, he s putting a lot of political capital into the state, do you think it could pay off for him? tt’s the state, do you think it could pay off for him? it s a reality for could pay off for him? it s a reality for him could pay off for him? it s a reality for him and - could pay off for him? it s a reality for him and other i reality for him and other candidates that this is a critical state, candidates that this is a criticalstate, i candidates that this is a critical state, i would argue the most important, and winning there makes it a different race. it generates momentum. campaigns d