If you’re in a race — say it’s a foot race — and the people coming in a far second and third find themselves running side-by-side for a moment or two. Should they collaborate to slow down the front-runner? As of early January, Donald Trump was leading Ron DeSantis nationally by almost 50 points and Nikki Haley by over 50 points in the Republican presidential primary, according to FiveThirtyEight. If DeSantis and Haley teamed up, they’d still be behind by about 38 points. That’s a lot of ground to make up. What Haley and Desantis are hoping for is to stay in the race in the hope Trump trips, …