[Jane Long]

Team DeSantis is melting down over Trump’s great CNN Townhall last night.

Everyone but those working for/supporting DeSantis said that Trump was the clear winner..

These people are fools 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/UFVXGsKrsN— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) May 11, 2023

[who knows what evil?]

Wonder what Steve Cortes thought of the Trump performance? :-)

[Publius]

This reminds me of something that happened in 1966. Richard Nixon was in the process of campaigning for Republican candidates for governor and Congress. RNC Chair Ray Bliss had rebuilt the party after the 1964 loss and had recruited the best slate of candidates the party had offered since 1948. Nixon was out there campaigning for his party and of course gathering IOU's for his projected run in 1968.

At a presidential press conference, Lyndon Johnson made the mistake of calling Nixon a "chronic campaigner." Thanks to the FCC's Fairness Doctrine, the TV networks were now required to give Nixon equal time to rebut the charge. Nixon chose a Republican rally as his venue and gave one of the best speeches of his career. It kick-started his campaign for the 1968 nomination.

Little mistake can have massive consequences.