Posted on 08/05/2023 9:26:52 AM PDT by conservative98
This strategy could be hit or miss for the Florida Republican, according to political strategists and pollsters. While some praised the idea as a smart move in an unusual media environment, others dismissed it as desperate.
According to Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, this is "a smart strategy to impress voters" but only so long as "he can prove that he is effective at scoring points against a leading Democratic player."
Fellow GOP strategist David Kochel agreed, noting, "The new Trump indictment sucks up all the oxygen, and I think anything these campaigns can do to gain some of the market share of coverage and media is smart."
"I think right now DeSantis is struggling and scrambling to get some air. So to do something like this could help at least provide him some headlines that get away from Trump, which is what he desperately needs," said pollster Doug Usher.
However, he added, "You just don't look presidential when you go up against people who aren't running for president."
One Democratic strategist claimed, "A campaign that is going well and is surging, or at least heading in the right direction, doesn't accept an invitation from a governor to debate on Fox News. He's doing it because it's like all he's got left to do."
The Trump campaign agreed with this characterization, referring the Washington Examiner to a tweet from senior adviser Jason Miller in which he compares the debate to the National Invitational Tournament, which is an event for Division I men's college basketball teams that are not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament.
As to why Newsom is game for the debate and has been for months, the California governor told supporters in an email from his PAC Campaign for Democracy that he challenged DeSantis because "he is a total fraud and the world needs to see it."
He further assured recipients that he intends to advocate and defend "the Biden agenda and accomplishments from DeSantis' attacks" before urging them to donate to the president's campaign.
And if DeSantis is such a non-threat to Trump, why all of the insecurity and concern?
Like everything else DeSanctimonious has tried, this won’t work either.
And his hope that President Trump is going to be taken out by LawFare is not going to happen either.
DeSantis fans have a sad!
Newsom is a worthy opponent for Ron DeSantis to be setting his sights upon. Trying to tangle directly with Donald Trump is like Don Quixote, the Man of La Mancha, tilting at windmills. The windmill sails will just pull the knight off his horse and send him flailing in the air for a none-too-soft landing.
Right now DeSantis could do without the bruises.
Good guess. Mine is he doesn't want to let it slip he's rooting for Newsome to win.
The one thing we do know - he'll come out after the debate and declare Newsome the winner, no matter what.
It's almost as if he knows the polling is bullsh*t.
Nobody will watch it and DeSantis will lose badly.
“...but he’s got a lot of explaining to do.”
Can’t wait to see gruesome look at his toes and shuffle his feet trying to figure out how to sell the Chinese lab thing when Trump lays it in the table. It has been well hidden by the media so far. But Trump will be glad to enlighten the voters that the Newsome administration not only allowed the lab into Reedley, they also licensed the original in Fresno a couple of year earlier and were well aware of it because it burned down.
wy69
Curious why you left out September
Interesting pair of slacks Trump is wearing. One leg tan and the other black.
Two problems with trying to ignore Trump:
1. DeSantis is 40 points down, rather than 20 points up, as his handlers likely promised, given all the indictments.
2. Newsom is likely a PROFESSIONAL debater, whereas DeSantis isn’t all that interested in International Intrigue, especially given his focus on Florida.
This. Truth.
Trump is targeted by the Deep State and the Biden Administration.
But due to Trump's personality and baggage, I'm voting for DeSantis.
Interesting pair of slacks Trump is wearing. One leg tan and the other black.
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The black slacks belong to a guy behind Trump who is shaking hands with McCarthy.
This has the feeling of the Vice Presidential Candidates Debates. Not grippingly compelling to watch.
Perot’s VP candidate James Stockdale, a retired Navy vice admiral: “I don’t know what I’m doing here today.” Honest but didn’t go over well at the debate.
NEWSOM is going to be very vulnerable due to the 2 Chinese Bio-Labs found in Calif.
Those labs had NEWSOM’S SUPPORT-—GRANTS-—TAX INCENTIVES, ETC.
I knew there a reasonable explanation. McCarthy. What a sleazy two faced RINO
Newsome is very bold, brave. Rats rarely, if ever, have thr deck stacked against them but Gavin V Desanctimonius and Hannity I’d pretty stacked.
What is likely to happen is Gavin will accuse Desanctimonius of supporting a Trump policy and Mo will back away from it. Most likely the scam election and this will highlight that Desanctimonius is basically Pence. Honestly, I bet Hannity gets the most speaking time.
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