Ron DeSantis is banking on the 2024 GOP primary looking nothing like 2016. Right now, it looks a lot like 2016.
Despite Team DeSantis’ repeated vows that this is not 2016, it appears the other 2024 Republicans are banking on a primary melee that looks exactly like what the Florida governor wants to avoid.
“The spring and early summer after [DeSantis’ 2024] announcement will generate some positive headlines and calm down some donor nerves, but the candidate’s retail skills and relatability and organizational issues — which have all been raised to date — probably aren’t going to get fixed in that span,” says one operative linked to a Super PAC backing a different 2024 GOP contender.
For at least a year, in the upper ranks of Pence World, there has been strong skepticism of a DeSantis campaign. The prevailing belief has been, according to a source familiar with the matter, that Florida’s MAGA-fied governor would quickly wilt in the face of media and political scrutiny on the national stage, leaving the door wide open for a different challenger to Trump’s throne.
Team DeSantis, of course, sees it very differently. “Political consultants are dreaming of big paychecks and seeing their names in a story, so of course they are telling their clients they still have a shot,” says Erin Perrine, spokeswoman for the pro-DeSantis Super PAC Never Back Down.
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