What DeSantis supporter have to assess is whether it’s more important to them that Trump NOT get back into the White House, than to get a Republican in there.
The problem is that Trump’s “Stormy Daniels Problem” is now DeSantis’s “Stormy Daniels Problem” in that he brought her name up, to un-needed, while criticizing what looked to be the impending arrest of Trump last week.
Bringing up her name, IN THAT CONTEXT, means that a good chunk of Trump supporters are done with him...so, while he might still win the Primary, he won’t be getting into the White House without those millions of Trump voters.
Anyway, say what you will about that part of Trump’s support, but it DOES EXIST, even if the Washington Post won’t mention it and people here would rather not have to consider it.
One of the biggest assets Trump brings to a presidential election is his sizable support among registered DEMOCRATS in some key states. An establishment GOP doesn’t have a chance in hell of even running competitively in most Rust Belt states.