—> The Florida governor’s three-day retreat
… but! DeSeepers insisted he isn’t running!
“DeSeepers insisted he isn’t running!”
I know about insisting that DeSantis is the not running but he really hasn’t made a commitment and it’s still two years out.
DeSantis might not run, he might like wearing his cowboy boots down there in Florida and stumping. He seems to be enjoying himself. I know he appears to like rubbing Democrat noses in the steaming piles of their failing metropolitan areas. That can’t be a bad thing.
He isn’t — yet.
Florida has a Resign to Run law. There is a movement to repeal it.
Ron DeSantis is considering the Presidency in his future.
The question here is “When?” Getting into a very expensive and divisive fight with Donald Trump at this juncture only divides the Trump base, to no lasting benefit to either DeSantis or Trump.
So far, Trump has not stumbled or given himself any lasting wounds, and there is high probability that he shall maintain this margin right through the primary season, resulting in his coronation, er, nomination for the office of the President of the United States on the Republican ticket.
But if, and this is a very big “if”, Trump meets some heavy headwinds directed at his age and reflecting some very damaging opposition research, enough to tarnish the Trump brand, then DeSantis is a potential “Plan B”. Such a bid would come quite late in the primary cycle, with perhaps limited probability of success.
But beyond that, DeSantis is almost perfectly placed to be virtually assured front-runner for the 2028 campaign. As I have noted previously, DeSantis has a state to run for the next two years, and Florida needs him to consolidate and firm up the Republican gains made in his service as Governor up to now.
He has some baggage that will come back to haunt him like when Ron DeSantis Cheered on Federal Jan. 6 Probe, Encouraged Pro-Trump Patriots to be Thrown Behind Bars