Don’t bet on unicorns when you hear hoofbeats.
DeSantis is a terrible candidate. He has no charisma, did not resonate with voters, started out with a lie immediately after winning the Governorship in Florida. It is very clear from the sequence of events that he used Fl as a stepping stone & never intended to serve his second term.
He did nothing of note in Congress and alienated the congressmen from Florida who have reported not hearing from him despite attempts to contact him until he sought them out for endorsements.
I do not think so poorly of the base as to imagine that they do not remember how DeSantis was rescued in his 1st Florida race by Trump, and how he won only against a weak opponent, whom he outspent 7x, in his 2nd Florida race.
The base watched DeSantis turn from a Trump booster to someone who sought to step aside and work against Trump by casting aspersions & standing aloof.
The base also is aware that Ron is underwritten, managed and supported by large GOP-e players as a method to destroy Trump with Trump lite. DeSantis gives a bit of red meat to the base by his conservative moralities stance. Many feel that this is a cynical exercise. DeSantis made a mess of the campaign rollout and has gone downhill since on his own merits. No need for conspiracy AI theories.
“No need for conspiracy AI theories.”
Remember that.
Kind of a sad statement on the State of politics in this country, that the one unforgivable sin of a candidate is not having charisma.