With the latest poll in Iowa showing President Trump with a commanding 51/14 lead over Ron DeSantis, the people in control of the DeSantis operation are now lowering the bar to say a second-place finish is good enough to continue.
Meanwhile, in the “delusional idiot” department...
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Ron, like Nikki, has no job, so he should be able to visit everyone’s home and every county, across Iowa, and wrap this up, in no time.
Good discussion. I think this is for DeSantis to win. He’s not going around criticizing the Iowa governor, he’s out there campaigning, he enacted in Florida a fairly strict pro-life law that Trump criticized, and more. Consider that Trump got roundly booed today at the football game, though that was likely college students.
Yawn.
Trump will be the nominee, when it’s all said and done receiving well over 60% of the votes cast.
DeSantis and establishment Republicans like Haley, Christie, and even Pence will do better than the polls suggest, but nobody will beat Trump. Trump would crush everyone if Iowa was just voting instead of caucuses.
This is just getting sad. 🙄
I think this guy’s loves being king maker. I disagree with Trump about keeping Iowa first for this reason. It’s all shenanigans in Iowa Santorum, Cruz. Neither od them came anywhere near the nomination but because of Iowa they got to drag it on. He’s right in that Iowa is the Deep States only real hope. Haley will start getting some of the Desanctimonius money though. I think that will ultimately help Trump. Are the so called evangelicals aware that she thinks that Jesus Christ was lying when he claimed to be the way the truth and the life?
Blah blah blah
Poor Ronnie, still holding on to the horse’s tail as it drags him through the mud. This will go on until the last dime has been taken by fraudulent campaign consultants that have been lying to him.
It’s a Caucus.
What did we learn about Caucuses in 2016? Anyone remember?
Ted Cruz won every one of them.
Caucuses are run by the party. Only party favorites make it
into the Caucus situation, and they vote in strict adherence
to the GOPe desires and dictates.
What is going on here, is that they are trying to make it
seem like Ron has caught fire. No, the GOPe will simply
light a fire under any Republican that doesn’t vote for
him when the Caucus comes around.
This is utter nonsense.
Trump 2024
“a Republican field that is “wide-open,””
ROTFLOL!
welllll, i suppose if someone actually believes that ridiculous delusion, then they’d probably believe anything ...
With the latest poll in Iowa showing President Trump with a commanding 51/14 lead over Ron DeSantis, the people in control of the DeSantis operation are now lowering the bar to say a second-place finish is good enough to continue.
Team DeSantis has essentially camped out in Iowa for the past several weeks, pulling all their resources from other states as the polling for their candidate has consistently gotten worse.
The goal of reboot 4.0 was to focus heavily on Iowa and to a lesser extent New Hampshire. However, after weeks of campaigning in Iowa, the polling has only gone backward. DeSantis has lost half the support he originally carried as the Florida Governor tours the state.
(Politico) – […] “We believe it’s already a two-person race,” a top DeSantis campaign official granted anonymity to discuss strategy told POLITICO. “But the reality is, on the ballot there are other choices, and our goal is to get this down to a two-person race on the ballot, especially as we head into South Carolina and beyond into March.”
Speaking ahead of DeSantis’ weekend trip to Iowa, the official said “a strong second-place showing gives us an opportunity to go in[to] New Hampshire and show success.”
Expectations-setting is a tried and true element of every campaign, and DeSantis’ team remains bullish about his ability to make up ground. But coming four months before the first votes are cast in Iowa, the sentiments from the DeSantis campaign official reflect the yawning gap that’s emerged between the Florida governor and former President Donald Trump in both national and Iowa polls.
DeSantis’ operation has looked to Iowa as a springboard. Shortly before the first primary debate, the head of his allied super PAC, Never Back Down, privately told donors that they anticipated a win in the state. (read more)
With the increased desperation and the retreat of big donors, the DeSantis operation really needs the Bush network to step up big for the Fox Business Debate scheduled this month at the Reagan Library in California. Dana Perino has moved into position.
The Bushes, Prescotts, multinationals and professional Republicans funded by Sea Island billionaires will now start to overemphasize the “chaos Trump” narrative, in order to wear down the psyche of the base Republican voters. They really need mental fatigue to erode the Trump support, and you can see the efforts taking place in the alignment of narratives shared by the Democrats and the Republicans.
The big problem the GOPe face is that now the larger voting base have caught on to the “illusion of choice” playbook. Ordinary voters can see how the schemes are being constructed, and the support for Donald Trump continues to grow. This was evidenced in the Iowa -vs- Iowa State football game earlier today.
Crowds in the Iowa football sphere were heavily enthusiastic about President Trump, and Ron DeSantis at the same event seemed even smaller than usual. Whoever keeps coming up with these efforts to compare and contrast is really not helping DeSantis at all. The Florida Governor looks small and silly despite being supported and carried around by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds.
I can't believe I'm waking up to DeSimps, whose candidate is down 40 talking sh#t yet again.
These have to be the most insufferable dorks on the internet.
Just change your voter registration to (D) already. We know how you "Never Trump" losers are gonna vote.— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) September 10, 2023
Not a fan of DeSantos, but I do think he’ll do much better in Iowa than many expect.