Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who recently threw his hat into the ring for the GOP presidential nomination, has made a number of headlines during his tenure as chief executive of the Sunshine State.
“As things currently stand, there's Biden, Trump, and DeSantis. All the others who've gone hat-in will make some noise and try to push some issues, but it's fair to conclude at this juncture that the horse race is between Trump and DeSantis for the nomination, and between one of them and Biden for the White House.”
I would NEVER vote for either Biden - or Trump, the anti-gunner grifter from Queens. I will simply vote down ballot if those two morons are my choices again.
Rest assured, if Trump gets the nomination, we will be harangued that we *have* to vote for Trump, because third party votes or not voting is the same as voting for Biden.
In all likelihood DeSantis is pursuing the woke push backs both because he believes it is right, and because he believes it is politically popular with those who put him in power, and for those he needs to gain the nomination. You won't peel off any Trump voters with it, but can you imagine the damage Trump could do if he was ambivalent on the culture war issues? The trick for DeSantis will be to seem saner, more rational and less cringe worthy in his approach to counter-wokism than Trump. That shouldn't be hard, but can it turn the tide so that he gains the nomination, is the question.
As a candidate for President of the United States it is the first requirement of DeSantis (and all others) he attract the most voters to his cause. This involves a shotgun style approach that cannot be purely conservative or libertarian or any other single-minded ism. Those who would require a more narrow path are unrealistic and self-defeating. For example, I am a Christian who would abolish abortion. But I am no fool and I recognize not everyone agrees with me ... moderation (compromise) is required in this life. In the next, God will iron out the wrinkles.
I think that the abortion issue may turn out to be RDS's biggest obstacle to the WH, assuming he manages to topple Trump. The six week limit enacted in Florida will be used as a major campaign club against him. Whether that's enough to hand PA, MI, WI and/or a couple other battleground states to Biden is the question.
“As things currently stand, there's Biden, Trump, and DeSantis. All the others who've gone hat-in will make some noise and try to push some issues, but it's fair to conclude at this juncture that the horse race is between Trump and DeSantis for the nomination, and between one of them and Biden for the White House.”
I would NEVER vote for either Biden - or Trump, the anti-gunner grifter from Queens. I will simply vote down ballot if those two morons are my choices again.
Yeah, I'm back to voting LP if Trump's the GOP nominee.
Ditto.
Rest assured, if Trump gets the nomination, we will be harangued that we *have* to vote for Trump, because third party votes or not voting is the same as voting for Biden.
In all likelihood DeSantis is pursuing the woke push backs both because he believes it is right, and because he believes it is politically popular with those who put him in power, and for those he needs to gain the nomination. You won't peel off any Trump voters with it, but can you imagine the damage Trump could do if he was ambivalent on the culture war issues? The trick for DeSantis will be to seem saner, more rational and less cringe worthy in his approach to counter-wokism than Trump. That shouldn't be hard, but can it turn the tide so that he gains the nomination, is the question.
As a candidate for President of the United States it is the first requirement of DeSantis (and all others) he attract the most voters to his cause. This involves a shotgun style approach that cannot be purely conservative or libertarian or any other single-minded ism. Those who would require a more narrow path are unrealistic and self-defeating. For example, I am a Christian who would abolish abortion. But I am no fool and I recognize not everyone agrees with me ... moderation (compromise) is required in this life. In the next, God will iron out the wrinkles.
I think that the abortion issue may turn out to be RDS's biggest obstacle to the WH, assuming he manages to topple Trump. The six week limit enacted in Florida will be used as a major campaign club against him. Whether that's enough to hand PA, MI, WI and/or a couple other battleground states to Biden is the question.