So the question for us and most Republicans is can Trump win or must we go with DeSantis? Steve Bannon does not really address the question whether Trump can win, rather he argues that Trump deserves to win because he delivered four years of peace and prosperity. I agree that he did that and more, but politics, to paraphrase Mae West, ain't got nothing to do with deserving -nor should it.
The party does not owe Donald Trump another run if he cannot win, full stop. The Republican party does not need a William Jennings Bryan or another Harold Stassen.
So we ask ourselves the question, is the risk of Trump losing great? Can that risk be eliminated or significantly reduced if we nominate DeSantis? Some will argue that we can have Trump's policies without Trump's baggage by nominating DeSantis. True supporters of Trump will argue that you can't have Trump's policies without Trump.
Trump supporters will say, since you can't have Trump's policies without Trump, the speculation that DeSantis has a better chance of winning is irrelevant because without Trump there is no victory. DeSantis supporters will say, Trump can't win so we must assume that DeSantis will deliver the goods if elected because we know his record in Florida and we know what Democrats would deliver-and we might never recover.
In deciding whom to support in the primary there is only one question for me, can Trump win? If he can win, and will win despite his baggage, he is the man. If he cannot win because of his baggage and because of the forces allied against him, DeSantis is the rational alternative.
Answer that question and we have picked our man.
