Posted on 08/14/2023 6:17:39 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
A quarter of all independent expenditures in the 2024 election cycle, $20.2 million, has targeted Gov. Ron DeSantis, more than has been spent in either positive or negative independent expenditures for former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden combined.
Trump, the Republican front-runner, was hit with just $8.1 million of negative independent expenditures directed toward him, according to data compiled by Republican consultant Rob Pyers. Biden, the incumbent president and front-runner for the 2024 Democratic nomination, was attacked with $9.2 million of independent expenditures.
“The top folks in polling always attract the most negative advertising. However, few Republican candidates are willing to go negative on Trump — so DeSantis ends up taking the most fire," Republican pollster Doug Usher said.
Republican strategist Doug Heye came to a similar conclusion. "Most Republican campaigns, or those with funds, have determined that DeSantis is their biggest obstacle, thus the spending against him," he explained. As for why they have opted against negatively targeting Trump, he said, "If candidates aren't going to go out of their way to criticize Trump every time he's indicted, you sure aren't going to see funds spent attacking him."
GOP strategist Ron Bonjean agreed that the expenditures are part of an effort to define DeSantis early for voters. “DeSantis would be the front-runner if Trump wasn’t in the presidential race," he said. "That’s why outside groups are spending so much money in a rush to define him early, in case he ends up being the Republican nominee.”
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Yes, exactly.
Nah, he’s doing just fine. Sweep away this monied protest of DeSantis and he’s just fine. Anyway, with Trump indictments every week, no one can compete at the moment. But, there are 154 days until the first primaries and caucuses. That’s a lifetime.
“Nah, he’s doing just fine.”
Dog drinking a cup of coffee surrounded by fire and saying “This is fine” meme, is that you?
Hope springs eternal for DeSantis supporters. The truth is that Trump has the nomination in the bag, and this current 4th indictment of Trump puts the nail in DeSantis’ political coffin as it does for all of the Pubs running in the primaries.
None of them are going to get anywhere in the primary as the political prosecution (persecution) of Trump continues ad nauseum. The primaries are done, over. Even the constant hype by Fox Cable News for the first Pub primary of the season can’t resuscitate these candidates running in the primary. It’s over for all of them.
All that remains is jockeying for a position in a Trump Admin by some of them. For the rest, in particular the RINO anti-Trumpers, they will be relegated to political oblivion. It’s truly all over, as you will find out once you DeSantis supporters wise up.
There is no need for the Never-Trumpers to spend money on that, the Deep State, with their avalanche of indictments, is doing that for them.
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