Following Ron DeSantis’ abrupt departure from the GOP primary yesterday, it looked like he had given Nikki Haley exactly what she’d been craving. Following Trump’s blowout win in Iowa, I recall chuckling a bit when Haley declared that the primary was basically a two-person race. After all, that’s an odd thing for the person who had just finished in third place to say. And yet, barely a week later, that’s what we have. But will this turn out to be a boon for Haley, or at least keep her hopes of winning the nomination alive? There are a couple of factors suggesting that it won’t and the Florida governor’s exit might even hurt her more than help her.
The first factor is the final pre-primary poll from the University of New Hampshire and CNN. Released yesterday, they still show Donald Trump at 50. Voters were still being offered DeSantis as a choice in that survey, but…
