NOT arguing (Rand was my first choice in 2016) but discussing. Rand didn’t seem to catch fire back then, and I’ve seen posts on FR dogging him on certain stances which I can’t remember right now.
I went digging for that recent poll that has Trump ahead for the 2024 nomination (naturally!) and DeSantis second. They also did the poll with Trump not included; this is the way it turned out:
Without Trump running, the poll shows DeSantis gets 39 percent of the theoretical GOP primary vote and Pence is at 15 percent. That’s a 22-point increase for the governor — and a smaller, 4-point decrease for the former vice president — since Fabrizio’s last survey.
The other potential contenders lag far behind. All are in single digits: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz registers at 7 percent, which puts him ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (4 percent), Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (3 percent); South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at 2 percent each.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Florida Sen. Rick Scott pulled in 1 percent each, and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley was under 1 percentage point.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/14/desantis-poll-2024-president-499670
Doesn’t look like they even included Paul!
Of course, we’re a long way from 2024 and things can change on a dime.
Yeah I remember he had some unpopular stances back then oh, I can’t remember what I’ve either. But I think in the last four years he’s been very Pro Trump and very outspoken about it. Not that he mentioned Trump specifically but he was for all the things Trump was trying to do.
Interesting they left him out. Unless they know something we don’t, like he has no interest anymore.
He doesn’t like endless wars and doesn’t think it makes sense to give money we don’t really have to foreign governments.
He’s big on privacy and cutting spending.