With the New Hampshire primary just around the corner, is Nikki Haley truly getting her message on point? Can she overtake President Trump in the Granite State to build up some momentum going into her home state of South Carolina, or will she come off second best?
NTD spoke to Raven Harrison, a political strategist and a former Congressional candidate, to find out more about Nikki Haley’s chances going forward—and what this means for the other 2 GOP candidates left in the race: Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“She needs to come with a different message,” said Ms. Harrison of Ms. Haley. “What she seems to have done since Iowa is … more of the directly attacking Trump—’Why won’t he debate me? He’s afraid of me.’ And that strategy didn’t work for the Democrats, it didn’t work for DeSantis or any of the others, and it’s not going to work for her. So she needs to come with something a little bit stronger to address the immediate concerns of the American people.”
“She’s not gaining any ground among Republicans. They are steadfast in their support of President Trump because of the kitchen-table issues which are dominating this election-scape. So she’s surging in certain polls and will do well in New Hampshire, but not enough to to bridge the lead that President Trump has.”
Ms. Harrison was not as positive about Gov. Ron DeSantis’ prospects for the GOP nomination going forward.
“He’s better off a unifying behind the candidate,” she said. “There’s a lot of bad blood between him and former President Trump.”
“He doesn’t seem to have any indication that he intends to pull out at this moment, even though the donors have dried up, the money’s not coming in, the momentum is just not favoring him. It’s just not there.”