The Week Ahead

On Wednesday, Nikki Haley will join Donald Trump as an officially declared Republican presidential candidate, and will spend the next days in New Hampshire before heading to Iowa next weekend. By daring to be the first to formally challenge Trump, Haley makes it easier for Ron DeSantis to continue to lie low and hope Haley deflects some of Trump’s fire. But will her entry spur other contenders with longer odds to get in soon to grab the spotlight, or to continue to delay and let Haley take all the hits?

Another possible GOP candidate, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, will travel to DeSantis’s home state of Florida on Thursday to address a Republican group.