Posted on 05/01/2023 8:39:21 AM PDT by conservative98
Can Ron DeSantis beat Donald Trump? In the game of presidential politics, well-known front-runners often falter and up-and-comers often win—Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton, and Jimmy Carter came from nowhere to beat establishment figures such as Rep. Mo Udall and Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson. When Mr. Trump was the challenger, he polished off Jeb Bush, the Florida governor who once led the pack.
The DeSantis ship is clearly listing and must right itself. I wouldn’t normally give advice to a Republican candidate, but someone has to stop Donald Trump from regaining the presidency, and I wouldn’t count on President Biden to do it given his low job-approval rating and widespread doubts about his fitness. Mr. Trump leads Mr. Biden in the RealClearPolitics polling average. A Trump-Biden rematch is a risky proposition, and with the Democrats consolidated around Mr. Biden, the only way to avoid it is through the Republican primary.
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For Mr. DeSantis to make progress, he has to realize he can’t get the “ultra-MAGA” voters that are Mr. Trump’s base and should go instead after more-moderate voters who are looking for someone who can cure the economy and stand up for their interests. While his attacks on Disney are popular among some, and a six-week abortion ban plays to part of the Republican base, these positions have damaged Mr. DeSantis’s chances at courting the middle. As with Mr. Biden in 2020, the core of the DeSantis argument is that he is more electable than Mr. Trump because he can attract the votes of moderate suburban women and Latinos. The more rightward Mr. DeSantis shifts, the more he loses primary support. There are plenty of moderates among Republican primary voters. They nominated John McCain and Mitt Romney, after all.
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I thought he was farting in that meme. Lighten up, it was funny… an attempt at merriment and levity.
someone who is against cutting off children’s private parts without parental permission.
WITH or WITHOUT parental permission.
If they’re not 18, no operations/sex changes. Period.
You have to be 18 to vote, 21 to drink or buy cigarettes (which while harmful to your body, are reversible at least).
🤣😁😂
All this is just theater the DNCMedia made up.
And, of course, the Deep State and demoncrats/Leftists eats it up, loves it, worships and masturbates to it.
I like Ron. But he needs to wait.
BTW, the Republicans have voters, and the demonrats have ballots.
That’s the key to next year’s election.
“…an assassination attempt”
My first laugh this Monday morning.
People think Trump would quit? Over an assassination attempt. Get out from under that rock
LOLOLOL
I don’t see what’s so funny. I’m no anti-Trumper. I actually support him.
In spite of all the bone head moves he has made and is making.
But if doesn’t wise up, he will hand the nomination over to RDS.
Which will be fine by me.
That may be true, but any criticism of Trump is not tolerated by only-Trumpers. I will vote for Trump if he’s the nominee, but I refuse to approve of everything he says or does if I disagree with him about something. I will never give anyone my unconditional support.
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but someone has to stop Donald Trump from regaining the presidency,
Stopped right there.
Their TDS-Anti MAGA Swamp love is showing..
Doing the inconsequential things that make little difference to the average American, while ignoring the corruption of the FBI (something about Raids on a former president's home) not standing up for the UNBIASED rule of Law.
Yes RonRon is the the pockets of the Uniparty Oligarchs like the Koche Brothers
Who are the “Koche” Brothers?
You mean the FEMINISTS that have now screwed themselves with all of this LGBTQWERTY B.S.?
Right, those “inconsequential things” that coward Republicans refuse to address because the culture war isn’t worth fighting because it is a losing issue. Tell that to parents that don’t want sexually explicit books promoting LGBT in school libraries.
My bad KochE as in one industrial family that with others control the gopE in the same way that SOROS controls the Ds.
The Parents should HOME SCHOOL if they truly care about their children - something about sacrifices
THe FEDERAL issues - NO WARS, NO politized FBI, NO Spying by the FBI, CIA other Fed. Agencies on the average American, Exorbitant Federal Debt deficit that will wipe out Social Security
It is possible you have a limited view of the BIG picture
No, I am perfectly capable of multitasking. Regarding Home Schooling, I love the idea, but it’s not an option for many parents.
Sex change is a misnomer, in that they are not changing XY to XX or XX to XY. They’re just putting a ‘57 Chevy ass on a ‘63 body (for example). Change the outside all they want, it’s still XX or XY.
I never counted Ron DeSantis in in the first place.
I have no problem with DeSantis, but it was always going to be Trump in 2024… they sabotaged his first term and stole his second term from us - and we want it back - nothing less is acceptable.
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