That Was Quick: Trump, Biden and the Shortest Primary Contest in History

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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After solid victories in Iowa and New Hampshire by Donald Trump, we look set already for a rematch between the former president and Joe Biden. So where does that leave the Republican party? And what should Nikki Haley do next? Should she stay on and fight or accede to the inevitable? What have we learned from this short and apparently moribund primary season about Trump's and Biden's strengths and weaknesses for the general election? On this episode of the Free Expression podcast, veteran pollster and consultant Doug Shoen tells Gerry Baker why now is the time for Haley to drop out of the race, why it might be too late for a third-party candidate to come in as an alternative, and who could be on the list to be Trump's running mate and in his potential administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.1	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Free Expression with Jerry Baker.
0:24.3	Hello and welcome to Free Expression from the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal.
0:28.2	I'm Jerry Baker, editor at large of the journal.
0:30.6	If you're not already subscribing to Free Expression, please do sign up at Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you do you're listening.
0:36.8	This week, well, is it over already?
0:39.4	Donald Trump's double-digit percentage victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday
0:43.7	followed his big win last week in the Iowa caucuses.
0:47.8	Now, it's extremely rare for a candidate who's not an actual incumbent president to win both of those contests,
0:54.0	and it's actually unheard of for someone to win both
0:56.0	and to go on to lose his party's nomination.
0:59.3	And still, Trump is an incumbent of sorts,
1:01.5	and his double victory does actually look decisive already.
1:05.7	Mickey Haley, his sole remaining serious opponent,
1:08.9	vowed to fight on.
1:10.0	She faces a big test in her home state
1:11.8	of South Carolina in a month. With Trump so dominating in the party, will she really risk the
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