“Hmmm”
First of all, don’t give me the damn “Hmmm” it sounnds so gay.
“...from my memory Ronald Reagan was mostly, if not completely above petty name-calling...”
Reagan developed his style from discussions he had with his friend Jimmie Davis, former governor of Louisiana.
“...and I don’t recall Dubya being nearly as aggressively mouthy as McCain.”
Dubya did not have to personally, he did it through his hired assassin Karl Rove, just like H W did it through his hired assassin Lee Atwater. That enabled both of them to appear noble hearted and above the fray. There are a number of Republican contenders positioned to prseently do the same for your boy DeSantis. And, when he does step in, he will do it himself.
“Mister Trump, indeed, seems quite fearful of Gov DeSantis.”
Mister Trump, indeed, is quite aware that DeSants is a political opponent, and he goes after political opponents.
“If I were advising Trump, I’d suggest he focus on the dozens of major national issues...”
Now this is where I can’t understand people like you with their heads deeply planted up their asses. Have you listened to Trump give any speeches at all?
“If Trump wins the nom, he needs a bigger than big tent.”
Trump won two presidential elections being Trump, got more votes than any other incumbent president in history. If you really thing the old fool got 81 million votes, then you are not worth posting to.
“No matter who wins the GOP nom, that candidate will need all of us to unite to win. Our contenders are good people with similar messages...”
No, they are not. Can you cite one that proclaims MAGA?
Can you name anything that DeSantis has ever done in his life that comes close to what Trump has accomplished, either business wise, politically, financially, etc.? Was DeSantis talking about MAGA when he started his political career. He was a Paul Ryan suck-up.
“The more we attack each other (e.g., “DeSantis-bots” and etc) the less united we become. We are on the same team, we are just not in agreement over who should be our quarterback.”
Who is we? You DeSantis-bots attack Trump everytime you get a chance. As in “avoiding nonsensical boasts.”
Get re-elected.