for corporate america. so the issue with doing retail politics, they are not offering any policy solutions. what is the solution? we will get hunter? we will impeach joe biden? we will shut down the government and we want the stock market tank the next 12 months? who does that help? to maybe wax a little bit poetic about donald trump is not something i m prone to doing, he does strike an emotional chord with he is really will get rid of this media analyst, you i will get rid of your, enemies i will get rid of everything and politics, and i will rule as a strongman. it is a comforting idea. the he taps into a rage that is a very you know, satisfying to some people. in your first term, but then you have to deliver policies, which is potentially what he lost a second. the bottom line though is, i don t think that republicans care about policy, because what was the issue that came up, or before any other issue in this debate tonight. the border? it is nowhere near iowa.
moderates again, 14% in the hour republican caucuses, double that in new hampshire, this is a demographic, mix it is tailor made for a candidate like nikki haley who s doing very well with independents, doing very well with college educated republicans, suburbanites, the problem for nikki haley is when you get beyond iowa and new hampshire, all the other republican primaries and caucuses out, they re the demographic mix tends to look a lot more like iowa, and a lot less like new hampshire and that includes what could be the next big contest coming out of new hampshire, south carolina month later. the eventual echo share and nikki haley is mostly in south carolina, 72% in 2016. steve kornacki, thank you very much, i know you will be seeing later on tonight. much more of our special coverage of the night still ahead. stay with us. night stil ahead. stay with us stay with us dude? dog food in the fridge? it s not dog food. it s freshpet. real meat. real veggies. real weird.
had he been able to challenge trump on a stage, i wonder what that would have done differently for him. as it is, now i do think he and i agree with, you the only person who spoke today that mattered, that did anything important, was chris christie. where does he go from here? do we hear from him again? i mean he will be doing what liz cheney is doing, maybe and what are republicans doing, he is now an ex republican who is a never trumper, and there is a lot of them but they could impact republican voters where joe biden is never going to impact. i think independents. on this program tonight, it was talking about his role, but christie s, rule which, is one of the things trump does very effectively in his he forces the issue. your other pro-, champ or anti trump. so you can t be in this liminal
so it doesn t do much in terms of iowa caucuses. again, chris christie hasn t set foot in iowa throughout the course of his campaign. what this really does is change the state of the race to new hampshire. i do think i what republicans will be looking to new hampshire to see which candidate has a path forward. they want to pick someone who has a chance to actually winning the nomination. rihanna, chief politics reporter for the des moines register, as we said, overworked right, now overtaxed, an eight national resource that we are need. thank you for spending some time with us tonight. good luck over these next five days. thank you. where steve kornacki is back with, us at the big board when you come, back stay with us. when you come, back stay with us. i m jonathan lawson, here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you re age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p s. what are the three p s? the three p
never had to say on lied to candidates, until i guess now, one you are out, there do try to be likable. i mean, that isn t even a factor now in republican bidding for the presidency, maybe they re taking that from trump who by all means, normal human observations is the most unlikable person who has ever asked for a vote. and he got the votes of republicans. so maybe they think this audience wants to see nasty, i m here to do nasty. on the politics, they have to convince people through this debate, in the little time they have left, that there is an alternative to trump they can unify behind. you just showed, rachel, chris christie speaking to, that there can only be one. instead of offering an alternative to trump, they were offering different websites. rhonda center star, calm desantis, lies and that kind of feeling small ball. in watching the trump town hall,