The problem without being snarky at all is that DeSantis will be target #1 for Trump and nobody does the nasty like Trump in a primary.
Furthermore, the cast of characters promoting DeSantis (and funding him) include most of the Never Trump crowd with a healthy sprinkling of National Review loving neocons.
It’s a really bad look. Paul Ryan, the bush clan, and the Murdoch’s? Really?
The truth about Trump is that he a highly motivated MAGA base and many of them are not really affiliated with the GOPe. Sure, he has a lot of negatives but its kind of baked into the cake by now - he can still bring the numbers out and we saw that in 2020. Nobody else in the Republican field can do that and if DeSantis alienates the MAGA base he will be a dead man walking politically in a national race because MAGA holds a grudge (maybe even more than Trump).
This was the wrong time. I detest those who are supporting him but they did us a favor. DeSantis is not smart enough to figure out that they really don’t care anything about him - he was just the next flavor of the month to get rid of Trump.
Dumb. Think of how he could have positioned himself for 2028..... that ship sailed.
He’s going to get KO’d good, and it will be 100% justified.
Dumb. Think of how he could have positioned himself for 2028..... that ship sailed.
DeSantis 2028 was never going to be a possibility even if DeSantis kissed Trump rump until 2029. In 2028 DeSantis will be a has-been former governor. Do you know how short the attention span of the average American voter is? In 2028 nobody will remember all the good things DeSantis did, not to mention how 4 more years of Trump would fire up the Rat base no end. It's 2024 or never for Ron and he knows it.