New Hampshire votes tomorrow and today Nikki Haley has just two planned events in New Hampshire. She has a morning meet-and-great in the city of Franklin and a ‘get out the vote rally’ in Salem this evening.

Nobody could accuse Haley of not working hard. She’s famously an industrious woman. But given the make-or-break nature of tomorrow’s vote, her campaign seems strangely lacking in urgency. Yes, she’s spending a fortune on campaign ads. Yes, she’s engaging in slanging matches with Donald Trump, which is a useful fodder for an increasingly desperate media. She accused him of being ‘clearly insecure’ and having ‘temper tantrums’ and he mocked her unusual name.

But her campaign just hasn’t caught fire in the way that anti-Trump Republicans hoped it would. Optimistic analysts have been trying very hard to play on the historic unpredictability of New Hampshirites, and their more liberal independent instincts.

But New Hampshire doesn’t dislike Trump and the MAGA movement is strong here, as it is almost everywhere in America.

Haley’s team regarded a crowd of 150 at one of her events on Friday as a sign of ‘energy’ and ’excitement’. Donald Trump fills out stadia across the state and nobody bats an eyelid. ‘She’s going to be smoked’, said Chris Christie, in a hot mic moment as he announced his withdrawal from the race before Iowa. This seems to be a truth that everyone knows and nobody is willing to say out.

The question, then, is when does she do what Ron DeSantis did yesterday: bow to the inevitable and pull out of the race?

Trump is meant to have the woman problem. In fact, Nikki Haley does

There are rumours in political circles that Republican donors are already pulling away from Haley. ‘This Republican race is a wrap’, one experienced campaign adviser said yesterday. ‘I think she pulls on Wednesday morning.

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Will Nikki Haley pull out on Wednesday? 

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22.01.2024

New Hampshire votes tomorrow and today Nikki Haley has just two planned events in New Hampshire. She has a morning meet-and-great in the city of Franklin and a ‘get out the vote rally’ in Salem this evening.

Nobody could accuse Haley of not working hard. She’s famously an industrious woman. But given the make-or-break nature of tomorrow’s vote, her campaign seems strangely lacking in urgency. Yes, she’s spending a fortune on campaign ads. Yes, she’s engaging........

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