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re: One TWEET Just Ended Desantis
Posted on 9/23/23 at 11:12 am to BengalOnTheBay
Posted on 9/23/23 at 11:12 am to BengalOnTheBay
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Many of them were initially willing to see DeSantis as a viable alternative. Now, over time, people have rethought the situation, we have the Biden regime going after Trump hard, and DeSantis has been unable to get ANY traction in his campaign, so people are slowly coalescing around Trump again.
A fair analysis. I don't fault DeSantis for running. He's the most prominent/successful conservative we have, and you can't blame him for thinking that might matter in a Republican primary.
I don't think the failure of his campaign is all (or even mostly) about him. What has he said or done to turn away millions of GumboPots, who a year ago was posting he hoped Trump didn't even run because DeSantis was so much better?
Trump masterfully teed RDS up as some sort of establishment hack. That was masterful not just because it was effective, but also because Trump is more of an establishment stooge than RDS has ever been, yet DT has 30% of his voters believing he's an anti-establishment warrior.
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Posted on 9/23/23 at 11:38 am to David_DJS
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A fair analysis. I don't fault DeSantis for running. He's the most prominent/successful conservative we have, and you can't blame him for thinking that might matter in a Republican primary.
I don't think the failure of his campaign is all (or even mostly) about him. What has he said or done to turn away millions of GumboPots, who a year ago was posting he hoped Trump didn't even run because DeSantis was so much better?
The interesting thing is that DeSantis entering the race should have, in theory, moved the primary to the right. Candidates moving to either outflank DeSantis to his right or at least taking an equal right position to nullify his conservative positions.
Instead Trump moved left and brought most of the party with him. (Social Security, Medicare, abortion, spending and farm subsidies)
I don't think DeSantis or frankly any conservative imagining Trump having the hold over his base so much that he could turn Republicans into a center-left party.
Posted on 9/23/23 at 12:49 pm to David_DJS
quote:Propaganda works just as well on the MAGA crowd as it does not he woke crowd.
Trump masterfully teed RDS up as some sort of establishment hack. That was masterful not just because it was effective, but also because Trump is more of an establishment stooge than RDS has ever been, yet DT has 30% of his voters believing he's an anti-establishment warrior.
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