Desantis is officially out, and he's backing Trump

Desantis is officially out, and in his farewell speech he used a fake Churchill quote.

With two GOP hopefuls remaining, all eyes are on the New Hampshire primaries.

For those who may recall, the 2024 GOP field once included Ron Desantis, Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Larry Elder, Will Hurd, Asa Hutchinson, Perry Johnson, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott and Francis Suarez.

Now it's Nikki and Donald.

According to sources, "Trump leads Haley 59% to 34% among registered Republicans Haley leads Trump 57% to 27% among independent voters saying they will vote in the Republican primary."

The final Emerson College Polling/WHDH poll of the New Hampshire primary finds "half of voters (50%) plan to support Donald Trump on Tuesday, while 35% support Nikki Haley. Eight percent support Ron DeSantis, who suspended his campaign earlier today. Seven percent of voters are undecided. Counting which candidate undecided voters lean towards, Trump's support rises to 53%, and Haley's to 37%. "

Also from Emerson: “Biden’s strength generally increases with voters’ age, 84% of Democratic Primary voters over 60 plan to write Biden in, compared to 70% of voters in their 50s, 52% of voters in their 40s, and 40% of voters under 40,” Kimball noted. “Dean Phillips’ support comes from voters under 50, 26% of voters in their 40s support Phillips along with 22% of voters under 40.”

Millions and millions of dollars have mobilized to support Nikki Haley, much of it from Democrats. Prominent democrats, even prominent Californian democrats, are supporting Haley, and so is the well-known and incredibly well-funded Koch network. New Hampshire will set the tone for 2024.