That said, a weird thing keeps happening. The more that voters are exposed to Ron DeSantis, the more they pull away from supporting him.
Posted on 09/08/2023 4:35:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The Ron DeSantis and Jeff Roe strategy was pretty simple. Push all other states to lower concentration and focus extremely hard on Iowa. All resources were shifted into Iowa for Ron DeSantis and the Florida governor almost moved his entire family there to campaign heavily. DeSantis has promised to campaign in every one of the 99 counties in Iowa.
That said, a weird thing keeps happening. The more that voters are exposed to Ron DeSantis, the more they pull away from supporting him.
This is something I shared last year when I said DeSantis was going to run this year.
The issue is honesty and authenticity, DeSantis has neither. As you read this Ron DeSantis is trying out the latest control script against Trump by saying he would have done a better job in the spring of 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic, and he would have fired all of the NIH, CDC, FDA and NIAID health advisors in U.S. government, including Anthony Fauci.
The problem with that campaign talking point is that it’s pure nonsense, and every intellectually honest person knows that. DeSantis would never have done anything any different, because no one had any concept of what this COVID-19 issue was really all about. DeSantis is using hindsight and armchair quarterbacking, and that comes out as pure fakery – because it is. DeSantis has no honesty or authenticity. That’s not going to change, and Iowa voters are seeing it up close.
The latest polling from Iowa State University shows this problem in real time. [LINK] AMES, IA — Donald Trump far outpaces other Republican presidential nominees in an Iowa State University/Civiqs poll, which surveyed 1,128 registered voters from Sept. 2-7. The results are the first in a five-part, monthly poll intended to track shifting voter perspectives before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 15, 2024.
Among the participants, 434 said they “definitely” or “probably” will attend the Iowa Republican Caucuses and identified themselves as Republican or independent. Just over half (51%) of these likely Republican caucus-goers picked former President Trump as their top choice. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis trailed in second place with 14%, followed by former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (10%) and entrepreneur and political commentator Vivek Ramaswamy (9%). (more)
They will be a comin’ in 5-4-3-2-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand 1!
He should have NEVER listened to his wife. We had enough of that crap with Hillary.
Alvin Bragg killed DeSantis, or anyone else’s chances.
As detestable as Hillary is, at least she was able to see past her fragile ego to understand that she is too old and polarizing to win. Trump is too old and his frail ego cannot see past it. He will be broke soon anyway. You can’t keep buying off fake polls and writers without actually paying for them, and the best governor in the USA won’t be dropping out lol.
Rhonda Santis is like Hillary... his popularity is inversely proportional to the amount of public exposure he receives.
2024 swan song
“Love is a burning thing, And it makes a fiery ring, Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire, I went down, down, down, and the flames went higher, And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire, the ring of fire.”
For some reason, DeSantis just doesn’t look presidential.
Silliness. We humans have no guarantee that any of us will be alive in 2024. Someone has to be an acceptable alternative should Trump not win, or be unable to serve. Trump is garnering pushback support now in light of all the fraudulent charges.
But Carter and Gaybama do? Are you casting your vote on attractiveness?
Face it Meatball is a disappointing dud. He is okay at Governor, but he isn’t ready for prime time and running this time was one really poor decision.
People have always said, before he decided to run, that he is a bad campaigner.
You need to face reality. The truth is right in front of your face.
“Someone has to be an acceptable alternative should Trump not win, or be unable to serve. Trump is garnering pushback support now in light of all the fraudulent charges.”
Many will only vote for Trump, even write his name in. Personally, I will vote for whoever gets the nomination, as I FULLY UNDERSTAND what the Democrats have in store for the country, and, at a minimum, a Republican might be able to slow things down a bit.
However, my dream would be some MAGA candidate, should Trump not be an option. Sadly, no one else running is really MAGA - Vivek, of course, is the closest, but he has some ‘questionable’ history. The others are ALL Deep State.
No, he still doesn’t look the part.
Where’s the fork?
The problem is Jeff Roe, starts and ends with him. As well, DeSantis needs to fire Christina Pushaw.
I think that most Trump voters have have been gaslighted into believing that RDS is not one of us. How much does the guy have to do for thick heads to understand that they have been BS’d?
“I think that most Trump voters have have been gaslighted into believing that RDS is not one of us. How much does the guy have to do for thick heads to understand that they have been BS’d?”
Dumping his wife, and then APOLOGIZING to the MAGA base for calling us “Listless Vessels”, would probably be sufficient for me, but I cannot speak others.
Don’t be a jerk. Leave Casey out of it.
“Leave Casey out of it.”
Good, we agree.
Again Trump is way too old. You all know it. Most people are done with razzle dazzle BS. They want results, not empty promises, endless dramas, YMCA on the PA system, and late night insult hurling.
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