Fresh from humiliating Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina, Donald Trump is pivoting from primary candidate to a keenly familiar role: presumptive Republican presidential nominee itching for a rematch with Joe Biden.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were the top picks for president in a straw poll conducted by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 24.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott endorsed Donald Trump, a blow to Nikki Haley in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
“South Carolina likes Nikki Haley but South Carolina loves Donald Trump,” said Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from the Charleston area who hasn’t endorsed a candidate. Mace started her congressional career highly critical of Trump, but she has since said she would consider backing the former president in the primary.
The Iowa caucuses were the first opportunity for a Republican candidate to demonstrate he or she can beat Mr. Trump. Getting the nomination means doing it in a majority of states. For all the postmortems that will be written going forward, the real question is obvious: Can anyone stop him?
Former President Donald Trump now owns the record for the largest margin of victory in the history of contested Iowa Republican caucuses, more than doubling the previous mark.
Former president scores best showing in contested Iowa caucus in GOP history, winning by about 30 points.
The surveys come ahead of the fourth Republican presidential debate scheduled for Wednesday, which Trump will not attend, as the Iowa Caucuses are less than a month-and-a-half away.
Tough new polling in Iowa and New Hampshire. A rising Nikki Haley. And an ever dominant Donald Trump.
Ron DeSantis’s campaign is heading in the wrong direction, and time is running out.
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