Hints and tips:
...Most of Haley’s former rivals, including Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president, and even Ron DeSantis, the once virally popular governor of Florida, are deflating by the day....
...Several other contenders, including former vice-president Mike Pence, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie and South Carolina senator Tim Scott, have dropped out — while others, such as the biotech...
...The billionaire recently met House Speaker Mike Johnson and said he could focus his donations on Republican efforts to save its majority in the House and win control of the Senate....
...Trump has expressed his opposition to such an agreement and has been consulting with Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, making its path on Capitol Hill even harder....
...“You don’t need any more evidence of Nikki Haley’s momentum than Donald Trump beginning to attack her,” said Republican strategist Devin O’Malley, a top campaign official for former vice-president Mike Pence...
...But while he outlasted several other competitors, including former vice-president Mike Pence and South Carolina senator Tim Scott, his polling numbers languished in single digits, undermining his claim to...
...Like all the Republican candidates, bar Chris Christie and Nikki Haley at the end, DeSantis refused to take on Trump because he feared losing “the base”....
...Ronald Cameron, an Arkansas poultry magnate, backed Haley after former vice-president Mike Pence dropped out of the race....
...Former vice-president Mike Pence, South Carolina senator Tim Scott and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie have all suspended their campaigns but so far not endorsed any of the candidates....
...Nikki Haley Former governor of South Carolina and Trump’s ambassador to the UN Haley, 51, was governor of South Carolina for six years before serving as Trump’s ambassador to the UN....
...Haley has yet to say if she will support Trump. One of the biggest fundraising challenges for Trump’s campaign is winning back Haley’s deep-pocketed donors....
...Back in 2016, Trump landed on Mike Pence, the mild-mannered governor of Indiana and a man with broad appeal among evangelical Christian voters....
...While the winner is not a good predictor of the ultimate result — Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz won in 2008, 2012 and 2016, respectively, before losing the nomination — the Iowa caucuses narrow...
...Haley and DeSantis will be joined on the debate stage on Wednesday by Ramaswamy, former vice-president Mike Pence, South Carolina senator Tim Scott, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and North Dakota...
...Wall Street megadonors including Paul Singer and Ken Griffin are bankrolling Nikki Haley SFA Fund, a super Pac supporting Nikki Haley, raised $69mn last year, and burnt through all but $3mn of it....
...In 2012 it was the former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, and in 2008 it was the Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee....
...“New Hampshire has become perilous for Trump,” adds Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who has worked for several presidential campaigns in the past....
...Even Haley jumped into the fray, blaming an “unhinged” Trump for blocking the deal....
...Whereas Mike Pence, the former vice-president, and Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator, have halted their campaigns after struggling to win sufficient backing, Christie is continuing to run and is aiming...
...Amazingly, a former vice-president (Mike Pence) dropped out months ago, as did a one-time darling of the donor classes (Tim Scott) and a billionaire sitting governor (Doug Burgum)....
...So Nikki Haley raised $69mn last year, and she burnt through all but $3mn of it. She really benefited from Tim Scott and Mike Pence and DeSantis and Chris Christie all kind of falling by the wayside....
...It was a smaller line-up than previous debates after former vice-president Mike Pence dropped out of the race last month and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson...
...And you know, that cameras always trained on Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. And Mike Johnson, by my count, stood up maybe only twice when he was clapping....
...The staff shake-up was evidence of “full-blown panic” in the campaign, said Scott Reed, a veteran Republican strategist who co-led a super Pac backing Mike Pence, the former vice-president who recently dropped...
...[a Biden win] would be disastrous,” said Hamm, who has also donated to Republican candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. Additional reporting by Eva Xiao in New York...
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