[Rockingham]

The fundamental problems for DeSantis are bad campaign management and a candidate with a shaky grasp of political fundamentals. Conservatives and Republicans are constrained in their use of negative campaign methods in that any missteps will be traced back and dropped on your doorstep by the news media and Democrat dark money groups. That means that hoaxes, smears, and excessively clever slams against your opponent can easily backfire.

Moreover, with the GOP electorate loyal to Trump, DeSantis cannot hope to beat him. The best that DeSantis can do is to establish himself as the preferred, most Trump-like alternative if Trump himself is taken out by the Biden administration's legal attacks. In effect, DeSantis and other GOP candidates have to position themselves like potential suitors to a highly attractive prospective widow with an ailing husband. As they hover about, they have to act as if they hope the husband pulls through while consistently being their charming best in case he does not.

In short, DeSantis and his B-list campaign team simply do not recognize that he has to carefully woo the GOP electorate without doing anything to contradict their affection and loyalty to Trump.

[mund1011]

Moreover, with the GOP electorate loyal to Trump, DeSantis cannot hope to beat him. The best that DeSantis can do is to establish himself as the preferred, most Trump-like alternative if Trump himself is taken out by the Biden administration's legal attacks. In effect, DeSantis and other GOP candidates have to position themselves like potential suitors to a highly attractive prospective widow with an ailing husband. As they hover about, they have to act as if they hope the husband pulls through while consistently being their charming best in case he does not.

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I bet you don't get paid big dollars as being a campaign advisor. You certainly are much more astute than the douches that are currently running the governors ship into the proverbial iceberg.

It's not that difficult. Don't be an ingrate acting like the 2018 FLA governor endorsement was insignificant. Nobody likes an ingrate.