[Dilbert San Diego]

He’s working remotely.

[Wallace T.]

If the DeSantis campaign fails, who is next as the non-Trump designated conservative, Kristi Noem? The pattern established in the 1988-2012 period, where Republican moneyed elites and Conservatism, Inc., determined the GOP Presidential nomination, may be dead, even if DeSantis has more conservative bona fides than the Bushes, McCain, and Romney.