DeSantis 2024?

[SheepDog4Life]

An alternative interpretation is he is desperately grasping for something, anything to keep a lack-luster copycat campaign afloat and relevant. At this point I assume he has calculated he hasn't got much left to lose by showing his true colors (and it probably smells awful to be drafting Christie)

Yeah... alternative reality... again, funny how the "copy-cat" "started copying" Amercia First YEARS before Trump descended the escalator.

OG AF!

 

[DadSmith]

Does DeSantis being the top second choice for GOP voters matter?

Former President Donald Trump maintains a significant lead in the Republican primary, while Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) emerges as the favored alternative among Republican likely voters. However, the com

www.conservativenewsdaily.net

 

[Ziggidy]

If desantis has to explain himself, he won’t last long.

 

[jamil]

If desantis has to explain himself, he won’t last long.

I'm not sure what you mean, but candidates have to explain themselves to voters. It's called campaigning where candidates try to make the case that they should have that office. Unless the candidate has a fiercely loyal following who does not question him.

 

[Ingomike]

Unless the candidate has already proven they walk the walk and can take the fire…

FIFY

 

[Ingomike]

‘Hey, Look, I Am Smoking A Marijuana!’ Shouts DeSantis At Police In Bid To Get His Own Cool Mugshot

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was seen last night waving around a joint in front of local police officers in a desperate attempt to get arrested and have a cool mugshot just like Trump.

babylonbee.com

 

[bwframe]

Best campaign speech is a DeSantis press release. It'll be interesting to see what the next couple three weeks do for Ron in the polls...

 

[bwframe]

Side note and question. The sign language person used to be a liberal virtue signalling thing, right?

 

[rhamersley]

Side note and question. The sign language person used to be a liberal virtue signalling thing, right?

 

[BugI02]

The Magical Thinking of Never Trump - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Why does the Never-Trump crowd believe that the tactics used against Donald Trump won't be used against their preferred candidate?

spectator.org

Why does the Never-Trump crowd, the earnest viewers of the Republican primary debate, believe that the tactics used against Donald Trump won’t be used against their preferred candidate? Why can’t they explain how Nikki Haley wins the primary, never mind the general election? Or how does Ron DeSantis overcome the structural fraud problems in every state with a Soros secretary of state?

Writers whose central thesis can be boiled down to “Orange Man Bad” are strangely quiet about actual means and methods of winning. They have a mystical faith that it will all just work out and that the problems Donald Trump has faced will miraculously disappear for their preferred candidate. Votes will appear out of nowhere. Fraud will be magicked away. The amber waves of grain will hypnotize Democrats and stop them from their devilish ways.

This is all so tiring. At the heart of the arguments about Trump is a visceral contempt for Trump voters. These people do not deserve to participate in Democracy. Disenfranchising millions of voters because they have the temerity to support a hated adversary saves the republic. The premise is that American voters are too stupid to vote in their own interests.

How long, Never Trump, can the republic survive when both Democrats and elite Republicans hate the populace? Why do you, Never Trump, believe you’ll be the one the alligator eats last?

The Republicans in the Senate and House sit on their hands and do nothing about the structural problems. That will affect Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley too. But losing will be okay, because at least it’s not Trump.

 

[bwframe]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Our side isn’t much better than the democrats.

 

[DadSmith]

 

[bwframe]

This is smart. DeSantis "avoiding security log jam," not meeting Biden on visit...

 

[KLB]

I can't seem to find the recent Florida "Nazi" march discussion, so I will put this here.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[BugI02]

Monday RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump - 0.4 DeSantis v Biden DeSantis - 3.4

Wednesday RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump - 0.2 ∆ + 0.2 DeSantis v Biden DeSantis - 3.8 ∆ -0.4

Today's RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump +0.4 ∆ + 0.6 DeSantis v Biden. DeSantis - 3.8 ∆ unchg

Regardless of 'repentance', only one of these quantities is moving in the right direction

 

[KLB]

Monday RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump - 0.4 DeSantis v Biden DeSantis - 3.4

Wednesday RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump - 0.2 ∆ + 0.2 DeSantis v Biden DeSantis - 3.8 ∆ -0.4

Today's RCP polling averages:

Trump v Biden Trump +0.4 ∆ + 0.6 DeSantis v Biden. DeSantis - 3.8 ∆ unchg

Regardless of 'repentance', only one of these quantities is moving in the right direction

Neither means a thing.

 

[BugI02]

Au contraire. Both mean DeSantis supporters are whistling past the graveyard

Polls were gospel when the narrative was 'DeSantis is the only one who can beat Biden'

 

[KLB]

Au contraire. Both mean DeSantis supporters are whistling past the graveyard

Polls were gospel when the narrative was 'DeSantis is the only one who can beat Biden'

Which DeSantis supporters would that be? Seems to be Trumpers and a lot of unknowns right now.

That also doesn't change the fact that National polls are meaningless for a Presidential election.