The Florida Republican Governor may ahve started off strong….
But it appears he’s been going downhill there……
Again?
Ron DeSantis is NOT much of a “Retail’ politico ….
And New Hampshire is NOT someplace his Florida politics are gonna work much, even for the state’s Republicans….
For several months this year, Ron DeSantis seemed poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire.
Longtime allies of his chief opponent, Donald Trump, were shopping around for alternatives. Multiple efforts sprang up to draft DeSantis into the race. The Florida governor topped Trump in one New Hampshire poll in January, and he sold out the state GOP’s biggest annual fundraising dinner in April, helping the party bring in a record haul.
But in the month since DeSantis formally entered the presidential race, he’s stumbled in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
He got dragged into a tit-for-tat endorsement battle with Trump that generated some media attention but little measurable increase in support. His first visit to the state as a presidential candidate drew more headlines for what he didn’t do — take questions from voters — than the retail politicking he did. And that’s on top of polls that had already swung back in Trump’s favor.
There are signs that even inside DeSantis’s orbit, they see New Hampshire as a challenge. The super PAC that’s effectively running his operation has been off the air in New Hampshire since May — temporarily, its founder told POLITICO — while running a new ad in Iowa and South Carolina this week.
And DeSantis’ visit to the state Tuesday is being met with backlash from a major Republican women’s group…..
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Out of the four early voting states, libertarian-leaning New Hampshire was never the most logical fit for the conservative, culture-war wielding Florida governor. He tacitly acknowledged as much by removing any reference to the six-week abortion ban he signed in Florida from his stump speeches in the state, where the majority of voters identify as “pro-choice.”….
James,
Great seeing you on Father’s Day, but seriously, DeSanctimonious, is a floundering fish, Trump sucks all the air out the room in the Republican Party. Trump might loose the Iowa Caucus, but will still win the war. DeSantis has zero charisma, as Trump said a few weeks ago, Ron is trying to find a personality…you can’t win if you don’t have a personality and have an ability to be a showman…Trump twice indicted, and maybe more to come and he is up in the polls at almost fifty percent…Ron is maybe 25% at best…this is really shameful, no one in the Republican Party has come close to hurting trump in anyway…Christie is at best 5-7%…This is really a one man race…All the political analyzing in the world won’t get you to this outcome…it’s like I say all the time in my line of work, you can’t rationalize with an irrational person, just like you can’t make a reality prediction when the Republican Party is so out of touch with reality that Trump is their top guy…
Yes….
Always Good to see you…….
Right now?
I see DeSantis as perfectly positioned to pick up the nomination if Trump falls before next July’s convention…..
Biden would be able to beat him strongly tjan Trump die to policy and personality….
For all the negativity surrounding DeSantis?
He IS making stops the others are NOT….
He OWNS the second place…..
Trump trip’s and falls?
DeSantis may have competition but he’s sitting in place.