The first real primary in the race for the White House and already Nikki Haley's last chance to stop Donald Trump. In New Hampshire, the former South Carolina governor is playing for everything or almost everything and is dreaming of a surprise victory or at least a solid second place. However, the polls are not on his side for now: according to the latest findings, the former president is at 53%, 17 points ahead of his challenger.
A triumph for the tycoon in New Hampshire could effectively end the race for the Republican nomination. Bolstered by the avalanche of support in Iowa, the former president wants to make a splash on Tuesday and fly to Milwaukee for the coronation during the convention next July. “We can finish the race and then go for Biden,” Trump told his supporters in Concord at one of the final rallies before the vote and after winning the support of former rival Tim Scott, the only African-American Republican in the Senate. “We need him. “We need a president who sees America as a family,” Scott said, urging voters to go out and vote. Scott's support gives a boost to Trump's campaign, which, among its many legal problems, could also exploit the scandal looming over Fani Willis, the Fulton County prosecutor who prosecuted the former president. Willis is under fire for an alleged romantic relationship with her special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, with whom she traveled not for business reasons, that is, to avoid dealing with the case of Trump's attempts to overturn the Georgia election results . Willis is accused of hiring Wade when the two were already romantically involved. If the allegations prove true, Willis risks being expelled and the start of the former president's trial could be postponed: a breath of fresh air for Trump.
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With Ron DeSantis virtually out of the race in New Hampshire – he's polled with less than 7% and has focused his efforts on South Carolina – Haley wants to put the disappointment in Iowa behind him and continue his bid to become the anti-Trump. resumption have the full support of the old Republican guard, who want to turn the tide and abandon the former president. The former ambassador enjoys greater appeal in the state, given its high proportion of independents and its less white electorate than in Iowa. At his recent rallies, he escalated his attacks on Trump. “Let’s be honest, who lost the House of Representatives to us? Who lost the Senate? Who lost the White House? Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump,” he said. For Haley, it's a big slap in the face that she didn't get Scott's endorsement, considering she was the one who picked him for the Senate in 2012. But the former ambassador is showing confidence – “he'll have to live with the election” – and he goes so far as to say he doesn't even want the support of Chris Christie, the former candidate who dropped out of the race. Biden is following developments in the Republican campaign but is more focused on his race. In the next few days he will be on stage in Virginia with Vice President Kamala Harris, who is on a national tour to defend the abortion decision. Instead, he will stop in Florida at the end of January to collect donations. Behind the scenes, his staff are studying the message to take action against Trump, who is seen as the rival to beat.
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