It is officially election eve here in Manchester, New Hampshire.

We're just hours from now, voters will cast their ballots in the first in the nation primary.

But even though New Hampshire is just the second contest of the 2024 election cycle,

it could very well be the end of the Republican race.

Yes, the primary race could be wrapped up tomorrow night before January even comes to a close.

Of course, it's not truly over until it's over. As of last night, with Florida Governor

Ron DeSantis dropping out, this is now finally the one-on-one race that Nikki Haley has wanted,

the one she's been asking for. And right now, on the eve of this New Hampshire

primary, she's the only one still standing between Donald Trump and the Republican nomination.

She's also currently 19 points behind him in the latest New Hampshire tracking poll out just

this morning. So what does Nikki Haley have to do to justify staying in the race after tomorrow?

That seems to be the million-dollar question, or maybe billion-dollar question. Can she do well

enough tomorrow to make this an actual race for a little bit? Maybe. Surprising things do happen here.

I mean, John McCain won a stunning upset victory against George W. Bush in 2000, and Hillary Clinton

defied the polls in 2008 and bested Barack Obama in the state. I remember that one quite well.

I was with the Obama campaign, and I can tell you, we definitely didn't see that one coming.

And Nikki Haley does seem to have some good things going on for her here in New Hampshire,

at least on paper.

She's the endorsement of the state's popular governor, Chris Sununu, who will be joining me

here on the set later this hour. She's the endorsement of the top conservative newspaper in

New Hampshire, the union leader. She's leading among independents, a huge voting block in the state,

which is the kind of big leg up that in normal years,

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