Strong showing to prove they were the one to take on donald trump. Desantis built his entire bid on doing well in iowa, visiting all 99 counties and focusing on his opponents, saying that Haley Cannot win the nomination. She cannot win a conservative core voters, republicans, shes trying to win other people in the party, which is mine and the general, but you have to be able to do that. He has a great track record. He has military experience. He has ran florida much like our governor has ran iowa. Reporter Haleys Team believes she has a ready ad i can down desantis originating on her campaign and the best change that current and former president s. The better choice for a better america, nikki haley. I like her policies. Reporter and she has one leg over people like carla succo, registering republican in part to stop trump. You are willing to come out in
But when it comes to Nikki Haley in iowa, expectations are not as hard and high as the have been for ron desantis. And Nikki Haleys team is essentially trying to keep it that way. They said they want her to have a strong Showing Tomorrow is the results of the Iowa Caucus determine how she does out of the state going into new hampshire. But they are not defining what a strong showing will actually look like. For Nikki Haley for her part, making her final pitch a few moments ago on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses and hitting similar themes that we heard throughout the entire campaign. The need for School Choice and the need to defend americas borders with more resources. The need to defend ukraine in order to prevent wider wars from occurring. And also reminding voters in the room here of the Electability Argument that she has been making. Reminding them that in the last seven out of the last eight
Twoperson race. That is what Nikkis Tate Nikki Haleys Team is been saying, got to have a strong showing in iowa before that can be the case, if Ron Desantis does well she wouldve boxed them out like theyre expecting they will be able to do. And one of the things theyre watching for tomorrow is turnout. How excited their voters are, if they actually get to the polls, getting these temperatures, the cold temperatures, a lot of folks had only seen her for the first time tonight, some of them told me they were going to caucus tomorrow, we will have to watch and see. Jessica kopp tracking the desantis campaign, what are we hearing jessica from him, especially given the poll numbers that actually, in a margin of error, has been third place . Reporter everyone in his
Of course, theyre welcoming that news. It demonstrates that she has continue momentum, but when it comes to Nikki Haley and iowa, Expectation Arent as high for her here as they are for Ron Desantis who has put tremendous resources into the state and Nikki Haleys team is essentially trying to keep it that way and they wanted to have a strong Showing Tomorrow as a result of the Iowa Caucus will be determining how she does out of this state going into new hampshire, but they arent defining what a strong showing will actually look like. Nikki haley, for her part making her final pitch just here a few moments ago on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses hitting similar themes that we heard from her throughout her entire campaign. The ned for school choice, the need to defend americas borders with more resources, the need to defend, crane in order to prevent wider wars from occurring, and also reminding voters in the room here of the
Ambassador to the united nations, he was actually quite complimentary of how tough she was back then. Listen to what she said. I find it comical because when i was at the u. N. , he always used to tell people, dont mess with her. Shes tough. Everybody whos ever worked with me, No One ever questions my toughness. Hes saying this because now he knows hes in trouble. Now he knows this is becoming a twoperson race. Now, twoperson race. That is what Nikki Haleys Team has said this will turn into once they get to new hampshire. But of course shes got to have a strong showing here in iowa before that can actually be the case. If desantis does well here in iowa, she wont have boxed him out like theyre expecting she will be able to do. Now, one of the things that theyre watching for tomorrow is turnout, you know, how excited their voters are, if they actually get to the polls given these cold temperatures. But there were a lot of folks at this final event here who had