DeSantis internal numbers must be abysmal. His most recent actions & comments are more and more frantic. He is entering Christie territory.
The good thing is that you pretty much know DeSantis meant to say what he said, and that it was not a gaffe. Everything he says is practiced, polished and focus tested. He’s really good at following directions. When he does, he speaks in that very deliberate, strident way of his. When he’s off script, you can tell. He flounders - like when Charlie Crist asked him if he’d pledge to serve out his full term as governor if he won.