Don’t get worked up too badly... Trump is the nominee, and it won’t even be close...
The folks who are pushing the Desantis can beat Trump are the same flappy lipped fools who told you Oz was a winner.
Desantis is IMHO very very foolish, I hope the NeverTrumpers cut him a really really big check for this, because the odds are very high, he’s going to wind up doing long term damage to his brand, and the odds of him getting the nomination are virtually zero.
He’s very likely going to learn the lessons of Rubio and Cruz from 2016, and do very big long term damage to his brand with little upside.
There is no math, none, anywhere where Trump is not the nominee, the math just isn’t there, anyone telling you it is, is LYING to you.
Now, whether you like Trump or not, really doesn’t matter... Trump is the most dominant individual in the US political scene, and there is absolutely no chance that’s going to change between now and next spring. Anyone thinking his base is going to either stay home, or defect en masse to someone else, is just fooling themselves.
His dedicated base is EASILY over 50% of the GOP Primary voters, there is absolutely no math that anyone else can win the nomination, even if the field was only Trump and 1 other candidate, let alone Trump and 10 or 12 or however many there are now saying they plan to run.
Not to mention the Establishment is making sure that more political “persecutions” will be going all through the primaries. Anyone who thinks that’s going to lessen Trump’s support hasn’t been paying attention.
True. The more crap they throw at him, the stronger he seems to become.
Great analysis there, HamiltonJay.