The race for the Republican presidential nomination
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Presidential primary season is set to begin. On the Republican side, one candidate has dominated the polls so far. Can anyone beat Donald Trump?
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| 0:11.0 | com. Work's dot com. I'm Anthony Brooks. This is on point. |
| 0:17.0 | Ready or not, the 20-24 presidential election season is about to kick off in earnest. |
| 0:22.8 | Next Monday, the Republican presidential candidates face off in the Iowa |
| 0:26.8 | Caucasus and then eight days later, they'll compete in the New Hampshire primary. |
| 0:31.2 | Despite his deep legal jeopardy, 91 felony counts across four |
| 0:35.8 | different cases that could land him in jail. Former President Donald Trump remains the |
| 0:40.6 | dominant force in the GOP and holds a big lead in the race to take on |
| 0:45.2 | Joe Biden in November. |
| 0:47.2 | So is this contest already over? |
| 0:49.6 | Well, very possibly. |
| 0:51.0 | But some Republican strategists say there's a real, if narrow path for someone |
| 0:55.3 | like Nicky Haley to secure the nomination. And we're going to hear from one of them in a few minutes. |
| 1:00.3 | But let's begin with just where the race stands, less than a week away from the Iowa |
| 1:04.9 | Caucasus. Joining us is Jess Bidgood. She's senior national political reporter for the |
| 1:09.8 | Boston Globe and Jess, welcome back to Onpoint. Great to have you. |
| 1:13.0 | Hi, Anthony. |
| 1:14.0 | Hi, there. So, Iowa caucuses come first, but I want to start with you in New Hampshire |
| 1:18.7 | because the Boston Globe has a new poll that's just been published. |
| 1:21.8 | It did it with Suffolk University, and again at the |
| 1:24.5 | risk of repeating a tired narrative in this campaign season, the former president. |
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