on that list. and voters in this notoriously independent state tell me they are just waiting for her to prove that she can do it. so can she? if you add chris christie s support to hers here in new hampshire, the math is close. we have the narrow paths you could follow out of the granite state with the atlantic s mark leibovich, but before she goes anywhere, she s got to make it through tonight s caucus where it is 0 degrees and getting colder. joining us now from des moines, iowa, is nbc news correspondent ali vitali, staff writer at the atlantic and msnbc political contributor, mark leibovich, and here on set with me is nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster. ali, i m so happy to see you inside on this very very cold day. tell me what nikki haley is doing in the last moments before this caucus tonight? she s making the rounds still, katy. on the campaign trail circuit. specifically in the area that sort of makes a doughnut around des moines. and that s because her focu
Shell thrive. Ali, what does she say about the favorability rating, the Des Moines register poll has her in second place, but her favorability has her a lot lower than Ron Desantis, in a caucus, second place, second choice is what matters and if more people go to Ron Desantis for their second choice, shes not going to come in second. How does she ensure she has the enthusiasm there . The ground became in iowa . The enthusiasmetric is one we have been paying attenon to. As you know, there is seemingly an Enthusiasm Gap on the haley part compared to the rest of her competitor. 4 in 10 are enthusiastic about getting out to caucus for her. I know youre cold in new hampshire, but its balmy compared to what were experiencing in Des Moines, iowa and other places in iowa. People are going to need to feel that enthusiasm, if theyre going to get out and vote
she ll thrive. ali, what does she say about the favorability rating, the des moines register poll has her in second place, but her favorability has her a lot lower than ron desantis, in a caucus, second place, second choice is what matters and if more people go to ron desantis for their second choice, she s not going to come in second. how does she ensure she has the enthusiasm there? the ground became in iowa? the enthusiasmetric is one we have been paying attenon to. as you know, there is seemingly an enthusiasm gap on the haley part compared to the rest of her competitor. 4 in 10 are enthusiastic about getting out to caucus for her. i know you re cold in new hampshire, but it s balmy compared to what we re experiencing in des moines, iowa and other places in iowa. people are going to need to feel that enthusiasm, if they re going to get out and vote.
spot in the private sector? are they essentially test running for a run sometime in the future? do you think that everybody who stands on that stage, governor, believes they could be president of the united states? there s no way i could tell you how they think. i can tell you, i went to new hampshire, and i was at 1% in polling in new hampshire, and i beat every single person there except for trump. normally when you do that, you exceed expectations and you get a big bump, and i remember the night of the new hampshire primary. the little plane i was on, i had to throw all the staff of the plane to fit reporters on, and the next day, i went down and did, you know, all the networks, and, you know, after that, all the attenon was on trump. i never got the bump. but, you know what, i hung in there, and ultimately, this is something people didn t understand, ultimately, there was an effort being made to take
the members talking points and you don t stray far from the left or the right of your parties. you are actually penalized when you actually question your party, or question your administration. i once said, and it got a lot of attenon, at a hearing regarding iraq in the foreign relations committee, if you did not want to make the tough choices and make the hard decisions and the tough votes, then go sell shoes. well, i heard from all the shoe people, but that worked out all right. but that s the whole point. and we can talk for hours and hours about this, but until you get back to the one common denominator, you come to washington to make a better world, to govern, to compromise, make it happen. that s not a political statement. that s the problem. mayor booker, let me ask you this. for a lot of younger people looking at the political system and are disappointed, what is the way out of this? because voters, members of the