The Florida governor seems to have no purpose. He’s still harping on culture war stuff no one cares about and his COVID actions that are years in the past.
, for example, shows DeSantis plummeting 13 points since their last survey in July, putting him at just 10 percent in the “first in the nation” primary.
Even more troubling, DeSantis ranks behind not just Trump, but also behind Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, and Chris Christie, albeit narrowly.Mike Dennehy told PoliticoMeanwhile, DeSantis’ poor performance in the presidential primary has begun to erode his once-powerful sway in Florida.
This strategy was fraught, but it had its own subset of cheerleaders. “What the Republican electorate wants,” , “is a strong executive who utilizes and wields power over his enemies. And then destroys his enemies and makes them grovel, makes molten salty tears flow from their faces—as Ron DeSantis did with Disney.”authoritarian tendenciesBased on his own impressive re-election victory in Florida , DeSantis learned the wrong lessons from the 2022 midterms. Once again, he was the victim of his own success.Traditional Republicans like Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and New Hampshire Gov.
DeSantis never even tried to be a “normal” Republican, and he never tried to woo people like me back into his coalition. Instead, he chose to
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