to, this is why and how i m going to get through this process. for both of the candidates, you talk about exceeding expectations. iowa was supposed to be the big win for desantis. so so that kind of show ing whee does he go? with nikki haley, yes, we have seen a change, but if she doesn t really come close to desantis in iowa, maybe a couple points, if she doesn t perform really well in new hampshire, then she s going to her home state of south carolina, where she has very little support. somebody. don t remember who. the governor before he dropped out earlier. ron desantis did enter this race seen as the biggest threat to donald trump when he announced he was running. he s closing this right before
against trump, does it take sense they would not take be strong against trump? the christie talking about frontal assaults on donald trump. i agree that haley went farther than she s gone before. but only in the second round when it was illicited by the good questions that they were asked by dana and jake. that forced an answer. haley has done well in the debates. she s used the material that we ve heard before. he got under her skin. i think more importantly, whether she where she and desantis finish on monday is less important wthan what it means for the race for new hampshire. she s been attacked there on the air, by trump, on immigration. i think you will hear a lot more of that. and i think you ll hear more on
from the former president. as far as the florida governor, he s flying early morning to rock rapids. that s near south dakota. he will have five events tomorrow. he s trying to touch as many people as he can. at the end of this, the ground game and organization is so important. but as is the mechanics of all this, as is the momentum. so one adviser i talked to was pretty optimistic, but they expressed disapount mment in th thought they thought nikki haley would be back on her heels and be more defensive. that was not the nikki haley the we saw. we saw confidence tonight. both of these candidates are at parody. but more importantly, they are in each other s way to be the leading alternative to donald trump. he s cerstill certainly looeg in iowa. thank you for that.
governor haley, is there meaningful difference in how you and donald trump view the constitution? you take an oath to the constitution. what you re saying is donald trump said the election was stolen. he went on and on talking about how the election was stolen. he said that january 6th was a beautiful day. january 6th was a terrible day and we should never want to see it happen again. trump lost it. biden won that election. and the idea that he s carried this out forever to the point he will continue to say these things to scare the american people are wrong. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. and i think president trump has to answer for it. as president of the united states you will preserve, perfect and defend the constitution. i know he does word vomit from time to time on social media,ly uphold the constitution. what did you make of the
vivek didn t qualify for this debate. i m not seeing the enthusiasm for him on the ground we ve seen. you drive around iowa, you don t see the flags and those things. a lot of people are saying he s going to be the candidate, i guess. i had a lady at town hall. she was leaning trump coming in. she said, after this, i m for the governor. as more people pay attention, i ve seen in difference in iowa since 2024. more people are coming to our events. i think the caucus night will be clarifying. the fallout of the debate tonight, nikki, i think she lost her cool. she is saying you re lying. that doesn t do it. she wouldn t explain why she is taking the the decisions. i don t think people buy that.