Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is heading into the second Republican National Committee debate next week with more momentum behind her campaign after a standout performance at the first GOP primary debate last month.
Her first debate performance saw her campaign see a rise in enthusiasm at early state rallies, a sizable increase in donations, and a bump in some national and state polls. All of these facts are giving her supporters cause to believe Haley could become one of the dominant candidates in the primary race, apart from former President Donald Trump, the front-runner.
Haley's supporters say the momentum hasn't slowed in the weeks since the debate."I think that she can carry this momentum forward that she got from all of the events that she's had, not just the grassroots," said Iowa GOP state Sen. Chris Cournoyer, who endorsed Haley for president in July.
"I think as these debates go on, Nikki is just going to keep gaining more and more momentum," Rice, who also serves as Haley's New Hampshire state campaign co-chair, added."People have underestimated her over and over again. And she has continued to surpass the expectations." The next Federal Election Commission filing deadlines aren't due until mid-October, when it will be revealed just how much of a financial boost Haley has received, although her campaign touted the more than $1 million raised in under 72 hours after the first debate as an indication that Republican voters are giving more notice.
"Here's the problem for Haley. This is a one-person race and a whole bunch of people in the second-tier polling at single digits," said Ford O'Connell, a Republican strategist based in Florida."She can gain headlines, she can show CNN polls that show her beating Biden, but unless something seismic occurs, this race is pretty much over. All that it needs to end is for Trump to win Iowa.
Yet, Katon Dawson, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and a Haley surrogate, told the Washington Examiner that Haley's second debate performance will further endear her to a national audience.
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