Posted on 07/11/2023 8:56:12 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Against some recent data, there is a potential restructuring that is worthy of discussion. The epic failures of the DeSantis campaign and Never Back Down SuperPAC are well documented.
In essence, everything has backfired because the origin of almost everything was/is built upon a fraudulent premise. From the scheming and conniving going all the way back to the original 2018 campaign, to the proactive recruitment of the exact wrong influencers 18 months prior to the official launch, to the enlistment of the Cruz crew, to the covert national campaign under the faked auspices of a book tour, everything paid for by the Sea Island group has been a hot mess.
Now the clock is ticking faster. Ken Cuccinelli and Jeff Roe are under pressure. Javier Manjarres, a solid insider in Florida media, shares today that Pushaw is getting the loyal but firm campaign stiff arm:
The DC chattering class then release an article talking about Youngkin or Kemp as alternatives to DeSantis:
[…] A Republican strategist who keeps in regular contact with several Republican presidential campaigns predicted DeSantis will “retool” his super PAC in the next few weeks. “They probably got another month to turn this thing around and if they don’t they’re going to have to bring someone and do a major retooling,” the source said. (read more)
They are not waiting a month; the retooling indications are already evident.
The DeSantis managers are going to retool in the next few days, a process I believe is already underway, and have about one more month before the donors stop writing checks and accept the futility of the principal effort.
Within the Sea Island group there has always been an insurance policy discussion in case DeSantis failed. The DC chatter about Youngkin or Kemp is not arbitrary; there is some substance to the presentation as outlined by those connected to the professional Republican class. The most likely person, however, is GA Republican Brian Kemp, not Youngkin.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is more deeply connected to the professional political GOPe group. He’s a company man with company bona fides. Kemp is also not a big fan of DeSantis and the ego-centric rise to stardom as promoted by a very specific subset of the overall Big Club group. Governor Kemp views Governor DeSantis as a Republican politician who has not earned the merit claimed by his supporters, and instead was gifted a glide path by the Bush group simply for being a Floridian.
If the DeSantis handlers do not turn this around, and they will try – but won’t succeed – because their spiral is too severe now, be on the lookout for a much more likely Brian Kemp to enter. Again, a Newsom -vs- Kemp contest is just as good an outcome as the original Newsom -vs- DeSantis goal.
Like Cruz in 2016, the DeSantis team will stay in, they will not exit until the money dries up, but for all intents and purposes they will be forced to shift objectives, and DeSantis will need to modify his approach to remain in a club position of future financial benefit.
Watch the Republican Governors Association for the first indications. They are going to double down on DeSantis before they give up and shift.
The money behind the RNC is the same money behind the RGA.
Watch the RGA!
If Desantis is going to retool, he’s going to have to do things he doesn’t want to. He’ll need to fire and publicly disassociate himself from the Bush people, shut Paul Ryan up, call for tribunals to look into the Covid response and, like Kennedy has done, come out and say he will prosecute Fauci.
GOP Consultants retooling
Why?
The Grift is going as planned. Money rolls in, they get their cut. That’s all it is. No intention of winning anything.
Do you think they realize how despised they all are?
Or is that they just don’t give a shiite about anyone outside their Bubble?
Why is DeSantis supposedly not doing well? That sounds like a stupid question but I’m not keeping up with him.
I’m not keeping up with him because I consider the campaigning now as warmups that are being ignored by most voters.
I’m a Trump guy but glad to have DeSantis in the race.
That will save the DeSantis campaign, you bet!
The creep JAG lawyer has been exposed as a meat puppet of the globalist, communist establishment.
Hope Trump chooses DeSantis for his veep.
the problem with ALL of the GOPe/RINO candidates is that the dogs won’t eat the food ...
Ron-duh will be a useless tool for America either way.
He isn’t doing much true good for FL, he’s just shoveling piles of issues around to make it appear he is doing good things. He doesn’t truly know how to lead and accomplish good things for Citizens, just for himself.
I am praying Trump picks a non political person for VP.
desantis kemp cruz, all of them, all are so locked into the money machine and don’t care to truly help this country going forward. They all just are lined up trying to get any little scrap of money they can for themselves.
I am praying God steps in with a plan for our country that shines light on HIM and the leeches (those I mentioned above and similar in all the levels of US govt) are starved.
How about disband and fogedaboutit. 😏
I like every single policy change I’ve seen desantis make in florida.
he even knows how to stop the democrat election fraud.
this is something that Trump does NOT know how to do. He endorsed AGAIN the biggest bimbo eruption republican and romney relative for GOP party chair ronna McDaniel. I’ll vote for Trump—but imho he has no chance of winning. the dems have locked down voting process in all the swing states. pubs are completely clueless
He can't do any of that. DeSantis has to be the "Go along to get along" candidate. i.e. - the Designated Loser.
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