[JennysCool]

People of all political pursuasions flock to the authentic candidate, The actual man or woman. It's why Trump succeeds, when he is not cheated. He is brash, opinionated, sometimes insulting, a New York businessman through and through, a showman with a great sense of humor. He's a REAL guy, for good or ill. He's not dumbing it down and condescending to us. He's one of us, whether we might like it or not.

The path DeSantis is on leads to the Land of Bland, where so many politicians live. He won't rock any boats, he'll tell the Lincoln Day Dinners what they want to hear. He'll say what the "advisors" want him to say, but he'll never be himself, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed, uttering a politically-incorrect comment now and then that has a lot of truth to it. Engaging us as one of us.

In these crazy times, we're all looking for REAL, not programmed. Candidates at all levels should take note.

[DSH]

In these crazy times, we're all looking for REAL, not programmed. Candidates at all levels should take note.

I agree with you. But the GOP establishment will burn the party to the ground before it ever lets Trump, or anyone like Trump, be seen as the head of the party again. It's over. The GOP will never win another national election. Going forward, it will prefer to lose a thousand elections than have a populist, even a faux one like Trump, win one.