Posted on 03/14/2023 10:42:13 AM PDT by conservative98
Ron DeSantis Is Definitely Running
He presents himself as a serious, forward-leaning, pro-business, antiwoke conservative Republican.
By Peggy Noonan
The first GOP presidential debate is five months away, in August. Primaries begin about six months after. This thing is on. Some observations on Ron DeSantis.
The Florida governor is definitely running. Every sign is there: donors, a growing and increasingly professional organization, a book that is part memoir, part platform and debuted this week at No. 1 on the New York Times list. A few days ago he gave a big, packed-house speech at the Reagan Library.
He’s come off a landslide 2022 re-election (almost 20 points) in which he won majorities of Hispanics, independents and women. He is 44, governor of a major state that was purple and has gone red, and there is no way (barring the unanticipated) he is not in. I read him as a guy who thinks you get a moment in politics, a magic moment, and when it comes you move because you don’t know if it will ever come again. “They’ll forget me,” 43-year-old John F. Kennedy said when advised to wait and go for the presidency in 1964. No, he’d made a splash at the 1956 convention, 1960 was his shot, move now or never.
Mr. DeSantis is a big dawg..
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This caused me concern during the debate
https://youtu.be/tw7NgErYoKg
This has not been photo shopped I watched it live.
I love our gov but I feel betrayed if he runs.
Of course if he’s our candidate I’ll vote for him and cross my fingers for our state
you too...
Peggy Noonan is a big reason I cancelled the WSJ after getting it for a long time.
So VERY TRUE!
Your he one calling names.
I think 'traitor' tops the list in name calling. Traitors should be shot. Traitors should be hanged. Not voting for the favorite eGOP stooge doesn't seem to warrant such tags.
Trump or bust!
Peggy Diapers weighs in with a pound of piss in her pants.
Well, that's easily disabused.
On that same paradigm, late Boomers/early GenX rightfully look up to President Trump -- a man who has.been.elected.President.twice, just the same way you look up to your Goobernor.
Just saw Kayliegh McAnally on TV and she sure sounded like she was ready to turn the page on Trump, just like Sarah Sanders has already hinted as well. Being the last two WH spokespersons for Trump, they would be a huge loss to his PR effort.
Great posts. As you noticed, a lot of Trumpers here can’t do anything but spit insults, which is the main reasons they like Trump so much. Trump’s schtick worked to get rid of Hillary, but then he never delivered on his promise to lock her up. Instead of speak softly and carry a big stick, Trump barks like a dog but never delivers on his threats. The only person he ever really fired from government was Flynn, out of all the actual traitors he appointed. I just roll my eyes at the hypocrisy at this point.
It’s time for a new Generation.
Agreed.
The Jeb Bush wing of the GOP is definitely not MAGA.
That wing had the Bushes, McCain’s and Romney’s in it.
The GOP Presidential timber before a former Democrat billionaire had to ruin their run..
I confess that I have no idea why FReepers hate DeSantis so much. He’s done a LOT of good for the people of Florida. He seems to have the right philosophy, and seems to be enacting the right policies. Maybe Trump is our final candidate of all time, and all other Republicans are damnable if they dare want to serve the people of America?
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YES!
You can make people stay home on election day.
Consider them whatever. It doesn’t help however.
That would be pretty stupid.
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