The campaign’s theory of the case is that Iowa is the best place to stop Donald Trump from parading through the rest of the primary season to an inevitable victory.
Posted on 10/12/2023 2:01:40 PM PDT by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign is making its first move in the Iowa air wars, with a $2 million ad buy in the state starting in mid-November and running through the night of the caucuses Jan. 15.
The move will make the campaign the first to reserve airtime in Iowa through the caucuses — and it underlines how important the state is to DeSantis’ presidential hopes. Last week, the campaign announced that a third of its staff will be relocating there from Tallahassee, Florida. Now, the spending is another sign of how former President Donald Trump’s rivals are investing in the state in the hopes of denying him the momentum of a first-in-the-nation victory in January.
The new ad buy is a significant portion of the DeSantis campaign’s budget, after it entered October with $5 million cash on hand available to spend in the primary. DeSantis reported raising $15 million across several entities in the third quarter, but some of that cash is unavailable for direct spending in the primary election.
Campaign officials said DeSantis raised an additional $1 million within 48 hours of announcing the third-quarter fundraising, pointing to this and the coming ad buy as evidence that the dire financial situation that plagued the beginning of his campaign is turning around.
The campaign also hopes this ad buy will help put to bed rumors fueled by Trump and his allies that DeSantis will soon be dropping out of the race, instead instilling confidence in donors and supporters.
“We are in this for the long haul, and this media buy is another demonstration to early-state voters that we are going to aggressively work to earn their support,” DeSantis campaign manager James Uthmeier said.
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The campaign’s theory of the case is that Iowa is the best place to stop Donald Trump from parading through the rest of the primary season to an inevitable victory.
Ron! wants to be the new Jeb!
Talk about throwing money down the well.
There's no stopping the TRUMP TRAIN!
Why does he wear those Bozo the Clown shoes? He has no following and needs to go back to Florida and do his job.
We don’t need Jeb in clown shoes.
“Ron DeSantis prepares to pour millions...”
Shouldn’t that be “FLUSH” millions... ???
Call Roto-Rooter! That’s the name!
And away go Ron’s bucks, down the drain...
So DeSantis is blowing two-fifths of the measly $5 million he raised from dwindling Big Donors in the last quarter. That’s a meatball strategy. Just imagine what he would do as President.
DeStupid seems to be suffering from the sunk cost fallacy.
Give it up Ron....it’s over...it was over before you even started
Iowa will either be a firewall or a dumpster fire.
I never noticed his shoe’s before. Who’s got feet shaped like that? He must have them custom made.
They remind me of elf’s shoes.
They are elevator shoes designed to look like they aren’t under pant legs.
I wish people would just present themselves as they were made by God.
No matter how much money is spent, the customers (voters) have a passion for Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The customer is always right means you shouldn’t buck the tide and give them what they refuse to want.
Other candidates will succeed only if, God forbid, there are assassinations soon. As in 1963 and 1968.
Time Magazine had an issue on the newsstands in November, 1963 in which some analysts thought Barry Goldwater might defeat JFK in the next election. And in 1967 the upsurge in support for RFK meant Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy were going to lose the nomination to him.
Neither happened.
Showing off his vaunted decision-making skills since campaign money is free, just like tax money.
I was a DeSantis fan, but this is just plain waste of money. Poor judgement. Now I’m not sure he’s the right guy for 2028.
Cowboy boots. Clowns don’t wear those.
Predident Trump thinks Desantis wears “lifts” in his new cowboy boots.
>DeSantis campaign manager James Uthmeier said>>
Since this is public funding, can we make his contract public?
The two handed campaign staffer is among the filthiest of creatures in the Swamp.
Still wasting other people’s money. 😏
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