call themselves conservative and will likely dominate his way through the rest of the primaries despite what nikki haley does or does not do. but november 5th, 2024, is not a primary race and a candidate cannot rely on the strength of their base alone, and that is where it is helpful to read between the lines of last night s vote. unlike iowa, which is a lock for the gop, new hampshire s electorate is swingy trump lost moderates to haley, two lost college graduates to haley, and three, lost independents to haley, it is a problem, especially when 68% of independents flat out said they will not vote for him. and 42% of primary voters say they don t think someone convicted of a crime would be fit to be president, if that happens to donald trump. a reminder, for all we talk about the general election, what we really mean is the general election in six specific states. arizona, nevada, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you see them there. so let us untangle what we k
everyone i m laura ingraham ande this is the ingraham angle. still in des moines tonight. we go straight to new hampshire where there is big news from vivek ramaswamy and president trump. we cannot let it happen. we cannot let it continue. we are going down and we cannot let it continue last night. i was honored to receive an endorsement of a man whoatio isb true leader and earned admiration of so maneeiendy adr. i ve been a friend even thoughid we were competing against each other.ing but i was a friend of his and we got along and he was saying he has a great president and why is he running if he calls me auy great president?very but he is a fantastic guy san gnomic guy, smart guy, tremendous ideas. he has some young ideas, too, that is a good thing. so he has a big, beautiful bright future ahead. vivek ramaswamy. [cheers and applause] come on out, vivek. [cheers and applause] let s do this, guys. it is good to see you. it is good to be back to new hampshire. we miss y
still in des moines tonight. we re going to go straight to new hampshire where there is big news vivek ramaswamy and president trump. let it happen. we can not let it continue. we re going down and we can not let it continue. last night, i was honored to receive the endorsement of a man who has become a true leader and earned the admiration of so many patriots. i have been a friend of his, even though we were competing against each other. but i was a friend of his and we got along and he was saying he is a great president. i kept saying why is he running? he keeps calling me a great president. [laughter] he is a fantastic guy. very smart guy. he has some tremendous ideas and is he young and got some young ideas, too. that s a good thing. so he has a big, beautiful, bright future ahead. vivek ramaswamy. [cheers] [cheers and applause] let s do, this guys. good to see you. it s good to be back to new hampshire. we miss you guys. we re going to make this happen and you guys
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
welcome to inside politics live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. we are the nation s best days actually still be ahead of us. here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. tonight will come down to the one word we use each and every election day turnout. who can get the most voters out. the record-breaking cold weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. take a look at the scene outside right now. subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the caucus sites. 1,657 separate caucus sites across the state. it is a crucia