Haley said recently that she believes only one alternative to Trump will emerge from Iowa.
But her challenges won’t end there, argues Schoen.
“Haley’s extremely narrow road to victory calls for top-tier finishes in the first two states and possibly a win in South Carolina if her homefield advantage is enough to overcome the 26-point lead (49 percent to 23 percent) Trump enjoys in the state, per Trafalgar polling.”
With less than a month to go before Iowa, “the pressure is on for Haley, who has spent much of the past month-plus positioning herself as the one candidate who can take on Donald Trump in a primary, and the best candidate to beat President Biden in a general election.”
A look at the polling bolsters Haley’s argument that she’d be the best Republican candidate to take on President Biden. But Schoen believes that “will matter little if her ‘last stand’ in Iowa fails to resonate with that state’s caucus-goers.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
