He did it His Way
Happy New Year! Feliz Año Nuevo! While the 2024 Florida Legislative session begins next week, we are all still focused on Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race, which could begin or end for him when Iowans caucus on January 15th.
There could be an Elvis sighting soon.
And now the end is here
And so I face that final curtain
My friend I'll make it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain...
It’s not looking good for Gov. DeSantis, even though his so-called “influencers” or “zombies” are desperately trying to spin a potentially massive election night loss in Iowa and New Hampshire.
If DeSantis loses badly in both states, there is a good chance he will drop out and concede to Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.
The latest state-level polls taken in Iowa Show President Trump with a commanding lead over both Haley and DeSantis, who are battling it out for second place with 16 and 18 percent support from those surveyed, respectfully.
The polling is worse for DeSantis in New Hampshire, where he is currently in 4th place, polling in single digits behind former Governor Chris Christie, Haley, and Trump.
What caused DeSantis’s presidential campaign to derail?
DeSantis.
We have accurately pointed out that DeSantis’s communications and online efforts will lead to his campaign demise because he decided to hire rookie political operatives with a total of two weeks of on-the-job experience.
But while the likes, amateurish antics of Andrew Romeo and Christina Pushaw pushed him over the cliff, it was DeSantis's initial “birdbrain” idea of trying to run a top-to-bottom presidential campaign instead of the traditional bottom-up approach that so many Republican presidential candidates before him have successfully done.
Instead of DeSantis jumping in an old pick-up truck and cruising around shaking hands and kissing babies, DeSantis started with a bloated and Swamp-like bureaucratic campaign that kept him at a distance from the media, and limited access to potential voters.
After the campaign almost went bust (reboot), DeSantis switched it up a bit, but the damage was already done.
Regardless of his position as Governor of Florida, DeSantis is just a regular dude who has always been reclusive, but 2024 showed many Americans that he, like most politicians, is all about himself.
Forget about non-immediate family. Forget about friends. Forget about who got him to where he is today.
If you don’t have something immediate to offer DeSantis, you are irrelevant to him.
DeSantis is the epitome of a transactional career politician, who has entrusted amateur spokespeople to guide his political career along.
Yeah, it seems like DeSantis will lose in Iowa and the rest of the states, but this is American politics, anything can happen.
We will say it again, if DeSantis can finish at a respectable second place in all of the early voting states, all bets could be off in the contentious race.
Meanwhile, the State-of-the-State address will be next week, it will be interested to hear what DeSantis focuses on before jetting back out to Iowa.
There is a high probability that DeSantis will miss a bulk of the legislative session because he is campaigning in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and in Super Tuesday states.
Kat Cammack-Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy New Year! As we bid farewell to 2023 and welcome 2024, I look forward to connecting and working with my constituents as we face the challenges that lie ahead together.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz-I join the Dallas community and all those Americans touched by former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a trailblazing legislator, devoted public servant and champion for vulnerable populations and stronger healthcare for all. May her memory be for a blessing.
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