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THE ROAD AHEAD

Nikki Haley did almost everything right in New Hampshire. Well, except for the winning part. For close to a year, the former South Carolina governor did the quiet, unglamorous work of joining sparsely attended town halls. She met with local activists and student groups alike. She took the questions from voters seriously, even if her answers sometimes kicked back, like the one about the causes of the Civil War. Put plainly, she respected what veterans of that state call the New Hampshire Way.

Slingshotting into the state after

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