DeSantis’s governorship was all about auditioning to run for president. Once he entered the race, Florida became an afterthought for him. The sad thing is, once he drops out and heads back to Florida, the GOPe will have no more use for him, and all the co-operation he got from the Florida legislature will start to wither away.
The opposite of the way Richard Nixon handled his mid career. In Patrick Buchanan’s excellent book The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority he chronicled the steps of Nixon sincerely working to promote the other GOP candidates and speaking up for them. Later he had support from Reagan and others when he tried for his comeback. Lots of insiders had become his friends and some owed him favors. He was back.
all the co-operation he got from the Florida legislature will start to wither away.I think it was the other way around all along.
I think he was the tool the legislature needed for their agenda.