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109 to 1
On the one hand, there’s the number of governors, senators and House members who have endorsed Trump (109). On the other: the number that have publicly backed Haley, according to The Bulwark, the site founded by a group of anti-Trump conservatives. Haley is expected to get the backing of New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu soon, so one won’t be the loneliest number. |
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$214 million
That’s how much Republican candidates and outside groups supporting them have spent on television ads so far, according to the ad tracking firm AdImpact. Most of that money has gone to the two earliest nominating states – Iowa and New Hampshire. Groups supporting DeSantis and DeSantis’ campaign have spent the most, followed by Haley and friends, then Trump and allies.
Super PACs have been carrying the lion’s share of the spending on air for the candidates. For example, the top four spenders are all super PACs – Never Back Down, which is behind DeSantis: $43 million; SFA Fund Inc. (Haley): $34 million; MAGA Inc. (Trump): $32 million. After that, it was $14 million to support the defunct campaign of Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.
Here’s the breakdown of what’s been spent to support each candidate, with the campaigns and the super PACs behind them combined:
DeSantis: $52 million
Haley: $40 million
Trump: $38 million
Scott: $24 million
Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D.: $20 million
Vivek Ramaswamy, former tech CEO: $8 million
Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor: $4 million
Francis Suarez, Miami mayor: $4 million |
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Republicans
Haley: Haley sat for an interview with ABC News. On Trump, she said, “It's not about fitness. I think he's fit to be president. It's, 'Should he be president?' I don't think he should be president.”
But could Trump pick Haley as his vice presidential running mate if she doesn’t get the nomination? Lara Trump thinks maybe. “Crazier things have happened,” she said. “I don’t know, I would never say never with Donald J. Trump.”
Haley clearly polls better in a general election than Trump.
Huffington Post looks at Haley’s proud anti-union record, including once saying in a State of the State address: “We don’t have unions in South Carolina because we don’t need unions in South Carolina.”
DeSantis: The Florida governor will field questions from Iowa voters in a CNN town hall Tuesday night. In recent public events, DeSantis has gradually increased his criticisms toward Trump, but from the right, saying the MAGA leader hasn’t stood up for conservative priorities like enforcing a border wall with Mexico.
In Iowa, DeSantis called Trump Democrats’ best hope of winning in 2024. Biden, he said, is “not inspiring anybody. What they need is, they need that negative partisanship that they can say, 'Trump, Trump, Trump' and get people to come out. That's been their formula.”
He’s still in a fight with Mickey Mouse. “There is no room for disagreement about what happened here: Disney expressed its opinion on state legislation and was then punished by the State for doing so,” Disney said in a lawsuit against DeSantis. “It is a clear violation of Disney’s federal First Amendment rights for the State to inflict a concerted campaign of retaliation because the Company expressed an opinion with which the government disagreed.”
DeSantis is trying to get the lawsuit tossed.
Christie: CNN recently announced its plan to host an unsanctioned GOP candidate debate in Iowa on Jan. 10, but it’s unlikely the former New Jersey governor or one of his rivals, Ramaswamy, will make it to the stage. The network set its requirements for candidates to be at 10% or higher in three national or Iowa polls.
Ramaswamy: Could it be that the business entrepreneur is flirting with running third party? The Des Moines Register reports campaign operatives met with Libertarian Party in Iowa officials at an event. One of the Libertarian officials said Ramaswamy expressed interest in running for its nomination. When the Register put the matter directly to Ramaswamy, he said he wouldn’t run as a Libertarian, but that he wouldn’t rule out the possibility that the Libertarian Party might nominate him. “I expect to get the GOP nomination,” he said. “I have strong Libertarian instincts. I can’t stop them from nominating me, and I would be proud if they did.”
A New Hampshire man was arrested for threatening to kill Ramaswamy.
Well, this gives new meaning to livestream: During a live chat on X, Ramaswamy forgot to hit the mute button at a, well, inopportune time.
Trump: In an 80-minute speech before the New York Young Republican Club, Trump reiterated that he wouldn’t be a dictator forever — but just for one day. “I said I want to be a dictator for one day,” he said. “You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.”
Democrats
President Biden: The president held a Hanukkah reception Monday night for about 800 people at the White House, where he expressed his commitment to supporting Israel, denounced the actions of Hamas, and called himself a Zionist. “You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist,” Biden said, “and I’m a Zionist.” The statement was met with applause from the room. NPR polling has shown that a majority of Democrats now feel Israel’s response to the Hamas attack has gone too far.
Dean Phillips: He’s running an increasingly negative campaign against Biden. At one point during a swing in New Hampshire, he told CNN reporters: “I’m discovering things that are horrifying me and I’m saying things that are horrifying me,” Phillips told CNN as he sat in a side office in the massive campaign headquarters he opened Saturday on the main stretch in Manchester. “It’s true. It’s not what I intended.”
Third Party
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: The Supreme Court denied RFK Jr.’s request to join a case brought by Republican-controlled states that claims the Biden administration is “violating the First Amendment when communicating with social media companies about content moderation,” The Hill notes. In dissent Justice Alito wrote, “Our democratic form of government is undermined if Government officials prevent a candidate for high office from communicating with voters, and such efforts are especially dangerous when the officials engaging in such conduct are answerable to a rival candidate.”
In a Monmouth poll, 21% say they will either definitely (6%) or probably vote for RFK Jr.
Cornel West: In Omaha, Neb., the independent candidate told the Black Agenda Alliance, “If there were a Palestinian genocidal assault on precious Jewish brothers and sisters, the policy of the U.S. government would be to support the Jewish version of Hamas.”
-- With research and reporting from Jeongyoon Han, NPR Politics editorial assistant |
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