Posted on 08/09/2023 9:44:32 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
DeSantis this week replaced campaign manager Generra Peck with James Uthmeier, the latter of whom served as his office’s chief of staff. Peck, however, is not completely ousted, remaining on the campaign as a chief strategist. The Messenger notes that Peck “quickly became the subject of criticism from DeSantis advisers and donors in mid-July after his presidential campaign stalled and money dried up.”
DeSantis’s lackluster performance in polls, as well as his campaign’s financial situation, has remained a reigning narrative for the embattled governor, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president.
In July, NBC News obtained a leaked July 6 DeSantis campaign memo labeled as a “confidential friends and family update.” In it, DeSantis’s campaign attempted to reassure donors, outlining the governor’s plans to focus primarily on Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire and shove Super Tuesday states aside for the time being.
“Our focus group participants in the early states even say they don’t plan on making up their mind until they meet the candidates or watch them debate,” the memo stated, asserting the DeSantis campaign will focus on recruiting those voters and assessing that former President Donald Trump’s “floor” is 25 percent. Therefore, according to their assessment, three-fourths of Republican voters are essentially up for grabs.
It also teased more “cookout styled, backyard activities” in both the Hawkeye State and Granite State.
“From what we can tell, pro-DeSantis efforts are currently and will continue to run a robust effort in Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire, that includes paid media and field,” the memo reads in part.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
iceberg dead ahead
It is a little late Ron, you should have done this months ago.
In fact, you should have agreed to that debate with Gavin Newsom in January when Newsom originally challenged you. You (Ron) were riding high from re-election and were nipping at Trump’s heels in the polls but no, you (Ron) and Generra Peck decided to play it safe and look what happened? This is what is wrong with most, if not all Republicans, they play it safe instead of striking while the iron is hot. Just imagine a worldview (today) where they would have debated in February with Ron DeSantis destroying Gavin Newsom? We as a country might have moved on from Trump making you the frontrunner but, you decided to play it safe and now look at you!
Teachable moment. A good experience. Look at how many have experienced failure. Reagan, Nixon, BJ(GOV). All came back.
Oh look - It’s Hannah Bleau’s daily anti Desantis screed on Trumpbart.
Ronald Reagan finished second in 1976.
DeSantis will end up in second place. Trump will lose to Biden. DeSantis will be frontrunner for 2028.
Reagan ran for the nomination in 1968, one year after taking office as California Governor.
Didn’t realize that. Biden ran twice before making it the third time just like Reagan (1988, 2008).
I see that you are still obsessed with RDS. I love RDS too!... He fired yet another woke prosecutor in Florida today. He didn’t tweet “LAW AND ORDER “ in all caps and do nothing. He just fired them without any dumb tweets. No wonder people are flocking to Florida!
actually.........
promoting “RDS” now, just as DJT is trouncing RDS is akin to biden promoting green energy electric vehicles without charging stations.
but, if you think RDS can reignite his campaign simply by pressing control, alt, delete, then good luck with that.
Trouncing? Um, the first primary is in six months. Polls, as Hillary found out, decide literally nothing.
RDS is not going to drop out. He didn’t turn Florida into a solidly red state with people flocking there, while creating secure elections by dropping out.
....and he also wasn’t elected Gov. without the endorsement of the very one “trouncing” him now.
how’s Jeb doing these days?
Your response is downright foolish.
Honestly, I would hope that two of those three would be true (first and third), although Trump has a major uphill climb to say the least.
DeSantis ran a horrible campaign this cycle led by Generra Peck who never ran any sort of campaign because she was a career lobbyist.
Never-Trumpers partnered with undercover Democrats.
It is the truth. Her only columns are to bash DeSantis. Wake up in the morning, write anti DeSantis article, collect paycheck.
Worse, he has proven he'll flip flop on any issue to please his donors, making him absolutely unacceptable to the grassroots of the party.
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