[Wallace T.]

If DeSantis goes against Trump and wins the nomination, he will lose the MAGA vote. He may do well with the moderates in the suburbs, but turnout in rural and exurban areas will be weak. All the haranguing by the likes of Sean Hannity, Hugh Hewitt and the rest of Conservatism, Inc., will not move the needle. The days of pawning off the likes of Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney to the conservative base are over. Granted, DeSantis’s record is far better than the failed candidates I mentioned, but he will have the taint of the RINO establishment if he chooses to run in 2024.

[TBP]

Why? He’ll lose #Cult45, but #MAGA is bigger than Trump and at some point will have to move forward with out him. DeSantis is the Trumpiest politician not named Trump. He’s as #MAGA as they come, and he has the record to prove it.

He’s been described as “Trump without the tweets.”

[jz638]

If DeSantis goes against Trump and wins the nomination, he will lose the MAGA vote.

Honestly though... why? Is he not conservative enough for MAGA, or was MAGA a personality cult from the start? Who is the natural inheritor of MAGA if not DeSantis if this is an ideological movement and not a personality cult?

Here's what I have seen since 2020: - both Georgia senators are democrat because of Trump. He even had a chance to fix that in 2022, and still lost.

- Pennsylvania elected a f-ing vegetable instead of Trump's choice in the senate. If a different strategy had been pursued, the senate would be in R hands. - Across the House of Representatives, GOP candidates lost where they should have won because Trump led an "election day"-only strategy. If not for ballot harvesting in California, Florida, and New York, the House would have been lost.

"Only Trump" has to overcome all of this. It hates the concept of justifying itself, and here we are.

[Old Man From WV]

I guess some perceived RINO taint should be enough to turn your back on the Republican nominee and let Biden win a 2nd term. Right. Got it.