Who wins here with Hurricane Ian? DeSantis or Biden?

If Desantis does well, Biden gets the credit.

If Desantis doesn't do well, nothing happens to Biden and Desantis gets nailed.

That's how it's gonna go

Is this DeSantis first encounter with a hurricane?

If there's widespread destruction and casualties, he could pay a steep political price. I don't think he will lose to Crist, but his leadership skills will be strained to the breaking point with this monstrous storm, and it may impair future political goals.

It has the potential to be a huge lift for Desantis. I think at best it can be a nothing burger for Brandon.

Florida is most definitely not Louisiana. So there’s no angle to play there. Kanye won’t be on tv saying Ron hates black people. And there’s no reason to think the state won’t have excellent response. So Ron gets free national exposure.

OTOH, if sleepy Joe tries to criticize anything, he opens himself up to the jab that the President is making light or fun of the plight of Floridians, which Ron surely is ready for.

What likely will happen is this will be big news until landfall and then will die out on the national news within a day or two. Because they can’t sell “Republican governor does his job.”

I don't expect the feds to be competent, at all. The people of Florida better hope this isn't a historic storm for them.

The media will undoubtedly take this opportunity to promote Biden's federal response and make DeSantis look as incompetent as they can.
I can hear it now:
"DeSantis doesn't have Florida prepared for hurricane"
"Biden orders national guard to help minorities in Tampa , that DeSantis ignored"

I don't know, but you don't even hear about Puerto Rico that was hit by a hurricane two weeks ago. My mother-n-law has family there and said they are still without power.

Remember when the hurricane hit the island when Trump was in office? Round the clock news on every station. (D)ifferent

That man is unbelievably fat