Has Vivek’s Moment Arrived?

Vivek Ramaswamy’s efforts to distinguish himself from his older, more rehearsed, and more experienced establishment opponents appear to be working.

A new Rasmussen poll found Ramaswamy garnering 13 percent support among likely Republican primary voters, placing him in a distant second place behind former president Donald Trump, who led the pack with 60 percent. Like all polls conducted before the primary candidates take the stage for the first debate, the Rasmussen poll should be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s nevertheless noteworthy that Ramaswamy has risen from relative obscurity as a biotech entrepreneur and author to something approaching a household name as a presidential candidate, outpacing a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in Nikki Haley and a sitting senator in Tim Scott.