From WSJopinion: The next week or so could determine what President Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis’s working relationship looks like in the face of a disaster, and what implications it may have for 2024, writes TeviTroy
Photo:As Hurricane Ian sweeps across Florida, some commentators have noted the potential clash of two men who may be running against each other for president in 2024, Presidentand Gov. Ron DeSantis. The next week or so could determine what their working relationship looks like in the face of a disaster, and what implications it may have for 2024.
For Mr. Christie, the hug was good politics in the short run; he easily won re-election in 2013. But it might have hurt his 2016 presidential campaign. One of his primary opponents, Sen. Rand Paul, trolled Mr. Christie on National Hug Day. Mr. Christie won no delegates. His bigger problem was likely the 2013 “Bridgegate” scandal, but his hurricane behavior did not help.
They each had a comeuppance. She became increasingly unpopular and chose not to run for re-election; he went to prison for corruption. But the damage was done for Mr. Bush. His public standing never recovered during his presidency, and his second-term agenda faltered. That was an exception. In the rest of these stories, Republicans tended to fare worse than Democrats. Part of this can be ascribed to media bias. As Mr. Romney’s political strategist Stuart Stevens once told me, “When it comes to presidential politics, the media are the umpires and the Republican is always the away team.”
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