Posted on 09/23/2023 9:37:25 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Politico reported on DeSantis’s influence problem in the Sunshine State on Friday, citing interviews with dozens involved in the state’s politics:
Interviews with nearly two dozen lobbyists, political consultants and lawmakers revealed that DeSantis’ struggles as a presidential candidate have already eroded his influence in Florida. There is a widespread expectation that his candidacy will end in failure. His standing at home may depend on how long he slogs forward in the presidential campaign — and how he will manage his exit from the race if he eventually drops out.
DeSantis and the legislature have had a productive working relationship, with the governor lauding the Republican-controlled state house at the end of this year’s legislative session in March.
“I don’t know that there was any meat left on the bone after this legislative session. If you look on issue after issue, we jointly work together to tackle this stuff head-on,” he said.
However, despite tackling agenda items like parent’s rights, tax cuts, and protecting children from racial and gender ideology and mutilation, the relationship is strained, with some Republican lawmakers burnt out by his style, per the report. The legislature is seemingly welcoming his sustained collapse to spill over into the Sunshine State, said one person who Politico describes as “[a] major lobbyist in Tallahassee.”
“There’s no love lost between the Legislature and DeSantis. … They are faking it,” the source said. “They are waiting long enough to see the king drained of all his power. It’s a slow-motion coup.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“You don’t get the assumption they are measuring drapes anymore — they are waiting for him to drop out,” the source said.
Yet nobody has voted in the primaries yet
These Trump haters will fit right in with any of the back benchers from the GOPe kiddie table.
Time for DeSantis to gracefully exit and endorse Haley.
The only influence DeSantis had in Florida was engineered, bought and paid for by the. Hey Crime Family I an attempt to sell the lawyer clown Ddsantis as a patriot and a fighter. The day that DeSantis is elected is the day he becomes a RINO.
This is a conservative site, yet you continue to bash the most conservative governor in the country
Some of us like both men, yet you only want to divide us
We’ve both been through Republican primaries over the last 18 or so years and we’ve seen the damage done to this site with the epic battles and lost FRiendships here over candidates
Trump is going to be the nominee. Can’t you take yes for an answer?
“This is a conservative site, yet you continue to bash the most conservative governor in the country”
This is my opinion as well. A question should be posed “who would you vote for; Biden/any Democrat or De Santis?”
The Meatball will slink back to FLA without the Halo above his head.
And will face a Majority GOP House and Senate who will not Rubber
Stamp his ideas.
No.
Bull s**t. DeSantis stabbed Trump in the back, yet you only want to divide us with this backstabber. He got the polls he deserved. Didn’t work. No one likes a backstabber. Ya better learn it.
The “Jimmy Johnson Syndrome”?
Remember when Jimmy Johnson retired from The Dallas Cowboys with a record that led some to claim he could walk on water?
Then he came out of retirement to coach the Miami Dolphins and fell flat on his face.
The “Magic” was gone!
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DeSantis became a standout among state governors with his policies in opposition to leftist dogma and their bogus “settled science”.
He was the Golden Boy.
Then he entered the race for the republican presidential nomination and proceded to fall flat on his face.
The “Magic” was gone!
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DEATHSANTIS!!!
No, the question that should be posed is would you vote for Biden/any Democrat or DeSantis/any other Establishment Republican if Trump is not the GOP nominee. Stop fooling yourself. The CONservative movement in the GOP is a fraud and totally controlled by the ESTABLISHMENT. The only “real” conservatives in the GOP are us, the rank and file grassroots voters.
Jonty30, “I don’t view him as Presidential, but I think he was a great Governor!”
A long time friend, who had moved with his family from California to Florida, a couple of decades ago, agrees with you re DeSantis.
He visited with us yesterday afternoon. He, his wife, son and daughter have prospered with starting their own businesses or at a corporate headquarters job in Florida.
This friend said that there was minimal B$ re Covid in Florida!
So his adult family members and most friends liked DeSantis as their governor and will welcome him back to fight Disney and other left wing leftover B$ like Disney.
That is because he (SoConPubbie) is a tool of the commie trash who own the DNC.
He, and others like him, only want to sow dissent. They spread lies about anyone not on BeijingBiden’s side — their paymaster.
Kind of like an online Epps.
If only. No, they'll stay so they can continue to spew the same lies, gossip, innuendoes, and talking-point complaints they were given about President Trump that they've been spewing all along. They are malcontents, and revel in their hatred. You don't give up something you love, even if's it hate.
...and still allows freedom of speech, even if it's something you don't like.
And he'll be able to do that because in April, he had the "Resign-to-Run" Act fast-tracked in the State Senate, so he wouldn't have to resign to run for President. He's been gallivanting around the country on the back of Florida taxpayers, because he's still getting a paycheck, and he won't drop out any time soon since he's got a guaranteed paycheck coming in for a job he isn't performing.
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