Hello everyone and welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah

Longwell publisher of the Bullwork and this week we're taking you to South Carolina.

Now Donald Trump is heavily favored in the South Carolina primary on Saturday and

that's a big problem for Nicky Haley because she was the governor there for six years.

We have South Carolina Republicans what they thought of her tenure as governor and what they

think of her presidential candidacy now.

Even though Nicky is vowing to stay in the race

until at least Super Tuesday,

Trump is about to win big in South Carolina

and all indications are that he'll do the same

on Super Tuesday and beyond.

So to reflect on the state of a party that's about to re-nominate Donald Trump,

I've brought in one of the best writers out there about today's GOP.

Tim Alberta, staff writer at the Atlantic,

and author of American carnage,

on the front lines of the Republican Civil War

and the rise of President Trump.

He's also got a new book out, The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory,

American Evangelicals in an age of extremism. You should go buy both these books right now.

They are awesome. Tim, thank you for being a three-peat on the show. This is your third time here.

Thank you for having me for three times. Usually I don't get invited back anywhere. So this is really non.

Well, you're one of my favorite people to read,

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