Posted on 10/05/2023 3:21:45 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The move marks a pivotal moment for DeSantis, as Iowa is the first Republican-voting state in the nation, and its caucus next January represents one of only a few opportunities to reverse narratives surrounding his campaign, given his collapse in the polls since the spring.
During that time, frontrunner former President Donald Trump has been indicted four times and coalesced a majority of support regularly reflected in national polls.
Staking it all on Iowa appears to be a daunting endeavor for the DeSantis campaign, considering Trump is above 49 percent of support in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling average of the Hawkeye State as of this writing and reached 51 percent in a CBS News poll conducted a few weeks ago.
DeSantis sits some 33 points behind Trump in Iowa in the RCP polling average with 16 percent of support, and he is significantly closer to the rest of the pack than he is to the 45th president.
“If he’s all in for Iowa, then why hasn’t Rob DeSanctimonious been in three weeks?” Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told the Times. “This isn’t something he can afford to do since he’s trailing by more than 30 points.”
DeSantis’s campaign is also low on cash, while Trump’s campaign outpaced his weakened rival in third-quarter fundraising at a three-to-one rate, according to the Times. Trump raked in $45.5 million in the third fundraising quarter to DeSantis’s $15 million, sources from the respective camps told the outlet.
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Cash-strapped? He just raised $50 million recently. You either believe anything Cult 45 tells you or you are totally unaware or you’re lying. One of the three.
Staff members will be paid in vouchers good for ears of Iowa sweet corn.
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Overall, DeSantis’ operation raised $15 million over the last three months through a joint fundraising committee, his leadership PAC and his campaign, Romeo said.
But some of the money can be spent only in the general election, because it was raised from big donors who already gave the maximum primary donation. And despite rounds of layoffs that were part of a much-publicized reset, DeSantis burned through more primary cash than he raised over the last three months.
At the end of the second quarter, DeSantis had $6.6 million in primary funds available, according to an NBC News analysis of his last campaign finance filing — roughly $1.6 million more than his campaign says it has now.
He has the worst case of RDS. Maybe in the whole world.
Meatball is a waste of time.
He can’t even compete with Nimroda
But he's also burning through it rapidly. He'll have very little reserves when the election gets underway.
Gambling Man.
DeSantis would go a long way in winning over this Trump voter if he used his Iowa campaign money to tell the Iowans that he will do his ever-lovin’ best to end ethanol mandates. That’d obviously hurt him in Iowa, but win over many of the rest of us who have been grumbling about the ethanol mandates for years.
So, what reboot number is this for Desanctus?
Not really. He’s sitting on it.
Lookin’ great in ‘28. Right now, not so much.
He has a lot more reserves than Trump does. Trump has to spend it all on legal expenses.
I saw the reports yesterday — $50 million, not 15.
Where are you getting this from? DeSantis is bleeding cash like a stuck pig with 5M left that can be spent in primary season and only gettin $15m in donations the last 3 months 10M of which is spent.
Post the link.
Could you be looking at general election $? They are different pools of cash
15 million, not 50 million,
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