Posted on 12/06/2022 12:52:23 PM PST by karpov
After Ron DeSantis’s smashing reelection victory in the Florida governor’s race, political analysts have debated whether he can beat Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. DeSantis’s hard-edged culture-warrior persona appeals to many core Republicans and could help him secure the nomination. But attaining the presidency itself will depend on winning over Republican moderates and independents, groups increasingly turned off by populist displays. To reach those voters, DeSantis will have to emphasize a very different set of attributes: his wonky competence as an administrator and his ability to rally bipartisan support for his policies.
One of DeSantis’s biggest strengths in this respect is his record on environmental issues. In recent decades, most Republicans haven’t focused much on environmental policy. Many explicitly reject the Left’s preferred solutions to climate change but don’t offer their own alternatives. DeSantis is in no danger of being mistaken for a progressive climate warrior. But his administration has devoted considerable resources—and spent political capital—pursuing innovative environmental stewardship.
DeSantis calls himself a “Teddy Roosevelt conservationist.” The term suggests a throwback to an earlier era of Republican environmentalism, with policies that emphasize habitat preservation and outdoor recreation. (TR was an indefatigable advocate for national parks and famous for his love of hunting and fishing.) As governor, DeSantis has backed programs to protect the state’s threatened wildlife and preserve wild spaces. In the process, he has challenged some of Florida’s strongest interest groups, including the state’s powerful sugar industry.
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You sound extremely bum hurt, gator.
I bet there’s a salve, for that.
Agree.
Good post!!
I pick number #2 for you:
People make fun of other people because they are jealous of them and want to take away their happiness.
If you don’t know the purpose of polls by now than there is no hope for you. Polls are meaningless except to control a narrative. Another will might say something completely different. Polls are no different than Big Tech trying to influence opinions and elections. Anyone that makes their decisions based on polling is easily manipulated.
For the most part I really like DeSantis, I am not a hater. I love a lot of things he has done. Just as of right now I personally think Trump will do a better job saving the country.
Trump was cheated out his second term by fraud (ballot harvesting and other illegal activities), weak-minded individuals influence by big tech, corrupt government, corrupt intelligence agencies, corrupt DOJ, a vicious political establishment, etc... He did not lose the vote.
Why should DeSantis have to wait until after Trump loses the election in 24?
In reality, the same people here telling him to "wait his turn" will be crying, "We wuz robbed!" and demand that Trump is "owed" the '28 nomination to "get his revenge."
I have a feeling Desantis would pick a RINO like Haley for VP. He’s done amazing things for FL but for some reason i just don’t trust the guy.
Troll.
How about "Trump/Newsom '24" and they can run on reparations for blacks, after Newsom stole Trump's "Platinum Plan" for $500 billion payouts?
Sounds MAGA to me!
“If you don’t know the purpose of polls by now than there is no hope for you.”
I live in Florida. These polls are real. Trump is being dropped like a hot potato with the hopes of DeSantis running.
“Just as of right now I personally think Trump will do a better job saving the country.”
Trump is a divider. We need a proven real conservative leader like DeSantis more than ever.
Undeniable proof of your misguided worship.
“his turn” is exactly what the establishment always wants us to go with—
This is the USA , there are NO “turns” in the political process (or at least shouldn’t be)
Yet he still hasn’t secured the state’s votes.
What are you waiting for, Gov?
Permission from Deep State...?
No one needs their votes...lol
“I have a feeling Desantis would pick a RINO like Haley for VP. He’s done amazing things for FL but for some reason i just don’t trust the guy.”
Typical anti-DeSantis rant from NeverLand:
-———His Lt. Governor-———
POLITICAL VIEWS:
Ran for Florida House on a campaign that prioritized job creation, deregulation and tax reduction.
On social issues, Núñez is staunchly pro-life, pro gun rights and pro religious freedom.
Nunez voted to limited the number of post-conviction appeals for the death penalty.
On environment and energy issues, Núñez favors fracking and reduction of burdensome business regulations.
The idea of Trump having to run against a real conservative leader with a proven record scares the heck out of you?
Good to hear thanks. I hope i’m wrong about him. Just seems too cozy with the establishment. He handled covid 20X better than Trump and he deserves major props for that.
“I hope i’m wrong about him. Just seems too cozy with the establishment.”
That is the fake claim put out by the Ever-Trumpers because they have no real reason to dislike him.
Sorry, but when scum like Paul RYNO are endorsing him, that raises some major red flags.
By their record DeSantis is clearly more conservative than Trump. This is sort of the opposite of the situation we usually find ourselves in where we have a safer seemingly more electable RINO on one hand and an ideologically pure candidate on the other in that DeSantis is both ideologically purer and hasn’t alienated as many people has trump has.
“Sorry, but when scum like Paul RYNO are endorsing him, that raises some major red flags.”
I tried giving you the benefit of the doubt as you were hiding your true colors but you couldn’t keep up the masquerade!
Ever-Trumpers have nothing on DeSantis and can only resort to lies, insinuations and slurs.
And against a true conservative and a gentleman in all regards.
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