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I think that the republican establishment sees/saw DeSantis as a way to bury MAGA permanently. He’s simply a terrible campaigner, shit poor campaigner. One of the worst that I’ve ever seen running for President. They thought to themselves if we could make DeSantis the standard bearer for MAGA, Maga would be finished. So they pumped his head full of false bravado and lies and they convinced him that he is a shoe in for the nom. DeSantis is their patsy.

I don't think he's so bad. Seeing him in person, watching events online, he's good, maybe not the best staff yet. I know I'm waiting for Christina Pushaw to be shown the door. And the fact that she is still there means that he's got a poor campaign team that is not nationally experienced and savvy. At the moment, though, I don't think it matters as he's competing against Trump who because of prosecution and persecution is sucking up all the oxygen in the room. DeSantis only needs to hold on for the next eight months, do nothing stupid.

If you watch the Friday event with Tucker you'll see that DeSantis is currently the only viable candidate beyond Trump. Scott's just not there, Hutchison and Pence are disqualifyingly out of step, Ramaswamy is at best a high school debater with no life experience or authenticity. Haley is the only one with any credibility and she's an anchor baby. That leaves DeSantis, did okay, says the right things, has clear history of success, and is working hard to win. He is energetic, knowledgeable, a policy-wonk, sober. What he is not is an entertainer, which is a shadow hanging over him.