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Ron DeSantis' donors and allies question if he's ready for 2024
NBC News ^ | March 24, 2023 | Dasha Burns, Jonathan Allen, Allan Smith and Henry J. Gomez

Posted on 03/25/2023 9:02:45 AM PDT by McGruff

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To: BobL

Bannon on War Room today.

Politico on Trump versus Desantis, Desantis has the wine track and Trump’s got the beer track and the beer track is like 80% of the votes.

Then you got the NBC which is the biggest tell. This is a BRUTAL article and it is incredibly well sourced and it’s written by real people. Jonathan Alan is on the left but he’s like a Jonathan Swan. These are old school good reports and it is well sourced. 16 people associated with Desantis. That is a brutal story ladies and gentlemen because that is the inner sanctum of the DeSantis operation and they understand something we’ve been saying.

There’s a failure to launch on this book tour.

It didn’t happen. Numbers went in reverse. Number one, he didn’t own the material, for instance on Ukraine and other things. He focus grouped everything. Not ready for primetime. It is destroying his campaign. Now they are having second thoughts.

As Bill Maher said Trump has the confidence. I call it swagger. He didn’t really have swagger when he launched in November but he has that swagger now. And the more you put pressure on Trump the more you try to encircle him, he’s the best counter punch in the world. You can tell his back is up and we’re rolling right now.

East Palestine was huge.


41 posted on 03/25/2023 10:32:07 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: SoConPubbie
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42 posted on 03/25/2023 10:32:22 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: SoConPubbie

Congrats, on agreeing with NBC.


43 posted on 03/25/2023 10:32:26 AM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: McGruff

I think it is a mistake. Republican conservative states need to rebuild using Florida as an example. The fed swamp in DC is lost. Sure a bomb thrower will be great, like Trump, to make us feel better but it is a lost cause until the states clean up and push back. DeSantis is more valuable as a gov right now.


44 posted on 03/25/2023 10:32:58 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: cowboyusa
Congrats, on agreeing with NBC.

Boring!
45 posted on 03/25/2023 10:40:46 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

I would vote for DeSantis over Trump, but the price to pay for such an internal fight is not worth it. He should just skip the thing altogether. They’re basically fighting over the same audience and it would really fall into who’s going to be the most effectively negative candidate. Something that will not serve the interests of the ultimate fall campaign.


46 posted on 03/25/2023 10:41:09 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: McGruff

The Conservative Circular Firing Squad® is back and stronger than ever. Let’s really gun each other down for the win this time, folks!


47 posted on 03/25/2023 10:51:55 AM PDT by avenir ("They sang His praise...they soon forgot His works")
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To: McGruff
DeSantis is not ready for 2024 and 2024 is not ready for him.

We need Trump to take down the corrupt, weaponized Administrative State that is intent on fundamentally changing (ie destroying) America.

Trump is the only one who can accomplish this.

DeSantis is being backed by the Administrative State. He cannot run even run for President without them and so there is no way will he go against them if he wins. It's just that simple. .

48 posted on 03/25/2023 10:54:10 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: McGruff
I saw only one name willing to go on the record for this story...GOP donor Daniel K Eberhart.

A quick look at Eberhart's background show him to be a MAGA supporter in 2016 and 2020 who has soured on Trump since then.

Trump obviously doesn't kowtow to donors or take directions from them, and the unanswered question is whether or not DeSantis does.

49 posted on 03/25/2023 10:54:32 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: avenir

we can afford it ... we have a very deep bench </sarc>


50 posted on 03/25/2023 10:55:21 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: avenir

Good comment.

Most of us, I’m sure, will support Trump or Desantis for the general, regardless. No way in hell I am voting for any Dem, and that includes staying home with my ball.


51 posted on 03/25/2023 10:55:48 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Great response there, highly intelligent.


52 posted on 03/25/2023 10:58:01 AM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: BobL
Yes DeSantis ‘s flip flop on Ukraine really made him look bad. Apparently his donors didn't like his first position. So he changed it.
53 posted on 03/25/2023 10:58:44 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

DeSantis poll numbers are dropping. His press blitz is flopping. Trump’s rally in Waco will be hopping.


54 posted on 03/25/2023 11:08:51 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: SoConPubbie
Yes, I agree your spam threads are very boring. Thanks for acknowledging that.
55 posted on 03/25/2023 11:09:31 AM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: McGruff

If you remove the undecided, the “Ukraine not a national interest” is the clear majority of the GOP and growing. However, the pro-Ukraine War is the establishment GOP position. It is just like immigration in 2016. The non-Trump candidates have to bend to receive the establishment money.


56 posted on 03/25/2023 11:17:06 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Organic Panic
There's something else that may also end up lurking beneath the surface for DeSantis. For all its recent success in attracting migrants from other U.S. states, often get a sense in my personal and professional circles that most people don't take Florida seriously.

Whenever I have conversations with people and Florida comes up in any context, it is invariably related to one or more of the following subjects:

1. A place to retire
2. A trip to Disney
3. Spring break
4. The Daytona 500
5. A cruise to the Bahamas out of a Florida port
6. Any other random type of vacation

When I go back and think about it, I can't remember the last time I had a conversation where Florida was discussed in the context of a serious subject matter. When you consider that Florida is now the third-largest U.S. state in terms of population, it's surprising how few Fortune 500 companies are located there. I'm sure there are others, but CSX Railroad is the only one that stands out in my mind.

57 posted on 03/25/2023 12:59:17 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: alternatives?

“Someone has to be lazy or dim to just reflectively take the opposite side of whatever side NBC takes.”

Or trolling, whether they know it or not.


58 posted on 03/25/2023 7:22:55 PM PDT by BobL
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To: McGruff

Ron Dukakis


59 posted on 03/25/2023 7:27:46 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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