Well this post isn’t aging well. Your analysis is the exact opposite of what has since happened. The “mind-numbing political genius” has already lashed out at DeSantis for this endorsement.
So apparently according to the Genius, we DON’T need as many Senate seats as we can muster.
Seven years now and people still don't get Trump. LOL
Everything he does has a reason to get a calculated outcome.
Now the media and Dems can't say that DeSantis is a Trump or MAGA stooge. This is about making DeSantis into his own man.
BTW, in a purple state that's rapidly becoming CA, it wouldn't be prudent to run worrying about Trump or the 2020 election.
O'Dea has a good ground game and is talking about the issues. He's got to in order to defeat an entrenched incumbent like Bennet.