[You’re as delusional about Republican primary as you are about the war in Ukraine. Neocons simply don’t live in the real world.
Trump with in weeks after he announced.]
DeSantis isn’t Trump. He doesn’t have $60m of his own cash to throw at the election, the name recognition from a popular game show and a media completely in the tank for him, at least for the GOP primaries, both in 2016 *and* 2024. DeSantis has to gradually spend the money he has. And that’s OK. He’s a pretty systematic planner. That’s how he drew level with Adam Putnam, who came from a long line of politicos, even before Trump endorsed him, once it became clear he would defeat Putnam.
Yes, more lies from you.
Of course desantis doesn’t have $60 million of his own cash to throw at the election. He and the superpac have something like $110 million from big donors already, and plan on using $200 million in donations for just the early part of desanti campaign.
And this impression of desantis doesn’t have the money is the lie and spin this poster wants to put out.
It’s not going to be desantis’ money, it’s the rich hedge funds and billionaires that are funding desantis.
There’s nothing in that article that indicates that DeSantis had drawn even with Putnam at the time of its writing. But there is this interesting tidbit that indicates DeSantis’s campaign strategy. He consciously aligned himself with Trump and used that as a major selling point throughout the campaign.
From the article:
In March, the DeSantis campaign conducted a poll asking likely primary voters to choose between two unnamed candidates.
Either: “A Navy veteran who served alongside special operations troops in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. He is the top conservative in Florida, endorsed by President Trump, and is running to take on the corrupt establishment in Tallahassee.”
Or: “A Florida First conservative leader his entire life. He was one of the youngest people ever elected to Congress and has a proven record of standing up for conservative principles. He’s running for governor to continue his fight for liberty and conservative values.”
Fifty-five percent went with the first one and 29 percent the second.