The Iowa caucus is only a little more than a week away and you can almost smell the desperation in the air among all of the GOP hopefuls who don’t have a last name that rhymes with “thump.” But you have to give them credit for hanging in there and continuing to swing for the fences. In one of the latest examples, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley gave an interview to NBC News and the Des Moines Register yesterday. She remained upbeat and optimistic about her chances, but there was a curious moment when she was asked if she would consider Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as her running mate. She went as far as offering a definite “maybe” under certain conditions but insisted that her plan is to beat Donald Trump on her own, and if DeSantis wanted to come along for the ride, she would “welcome that.” The latest polling strongly suggests that this is a purely hypothetical…