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After coming in third place in the Iowa caucuses, Nikki Haley needs a solid victory in New Hampshire. For weeks, Haley’s top surrogate in the Granite State, Gov. Chris Sununu, has been predicting victory.
« If everyone that could vote in the primary comes out and votes, not only — she’s going to win in a landslide, » Sununu told ABC’s Jonathan Karl back in December. « And that’s not an exaggeration. So, you’re going to see a record— »
« He’s setting a bar for you there, » Karl said to Haley, who was also part of the interview. « An expectation. »
« No, it’s not an expectation, » Sununu insisted.
« He knows his state better than I do, » Haley pointed out.
« It’s not an expectation, » Sununa said again. « It’s people getting excited. »
« It’s exciting. We can feel it on the ground. We’re going to do this, » Haley concluded.
A couple of weeks later, Sununu told CNN’s Dana Bash that if Chris Christie dropped out — which he now has — then “Nikki Haley can make up five or 10 points and kind of give Trump that defeat that no one thought was possible in the next few weeks. »
He added, « And I think that’s very likely to happen. So, again, I think the voters are going to come Nikki’s way.
