“For months, Nikki Haley campaigned in relative obscurity,” NBC News reports.
“But after two debates in which the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations hammered her top-billed rivals while leaving virtually unscathed herself, and a summer in which her national and early-state polling improved while opponents stagnated, a growing number of Republicans see her entering a two-person contest with Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis for second place, as each seeks to be the leading alternative to former President Donald Trump heading into the early states this winter.”New York Times: Key GOP megadonor network will hear pitches from DeSantis and Haley camps.