I liked DeSantis the best. I believe his ceiling is much higher. But the base in the Republican Party believe that the Democratic Party stole the election in 2020. They're not wrong about it. So this is a revenge election. We'll vote for Trump.
Then either Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer will get the White House in 2028 and that will be the end of the "American Democracy" (ha I'm using the leftist definition).
True, we wanted an “in your face” victory.
I’m not that confident it will work out.
I would have preferred a more certain victory.