The people here are acting like babies. You and I have not had 1/100th the political success of RDS.
—> The people here are acting like babies. You and I have not had 1/100th the political success of RDS.
That has nothing to do with my simple comment.
DeSanctus does not understand his campaign is a failure.
His only shot is if Trump departs this earth.
Even then, he has already alienated too many MAGA voters to win.
And that is if there is an election in 2024.
I'm sticking with DeSantis until he's out of the race, whether that be on Election Day (unlikely) or he ends his campaign during the primaries.
I'm sticking with him because nobody else has the record of conservative accomplishments and stalwart executive leadership that he has repeatedly demonstrated. I look for action, not words.
This being said, he is showing himself to be poor campaigner. He just can't close the deal. And as much as I enjoyed the victories, I think his "war on woke" is hurting him.
The best chance he has now is to pivot to economic issues, which are Trump's strong points (at least for the first three years of his administration). But Florida has a booming economy as well, with a record $22 billion surplus last year.
Yet this will be an election on the economy and when gas prices at the pump exceed $6-7/gallon next year (and I believe they will), Trump will remind us all of the we were paying under $2/gallon for much of his first term. This is going to be a big selling point. If Trump screwed up everything in 2020, he had a booming economy with plenty of jobs and low interest rates prior to that. This can't be denied.
I am resigning myself to the reality that the primaries are essentially over and Trump will be the GOP nominee. And if he is, I will vote for Trump because at the end of the day, Trump is better than Biden. Hell, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy are better than Biden!
It's a shame though. GOP primary voters would rather be led by a cult of personality than a true executive leader with a record of accomplishments. It is what it is though.
I hope Trump can pull it off. His victory will depend on Biden voters staying home.
Still, Ron DeSantis is the leader Trump tries to be and that's the truth. And when he keeps bashing DeSantis with lies, it only shows Trump as the sad, little man that he has become.