Category Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis campaign: Even worse than we think
Chris Cillizza makes the case that DeSantis campaign has been EVEN WORSE than we think. The analysis in this piece is actually very good, so here’s the link.
DeSantis – the elite donor driven candidacy that failed to understand how to play populist
Ron DeSantis isn’t dead yet. I need to stress that as I begin this piece, because we’ve seen more improbable turnarounds before in Presidential politics. But he’s going to have totally reinvent himself and anger his donors to make any “reboot” really work. Governor DeSantis is controlled by the GOP donor class both here in […]
DeSantis “reboot” resembles a company close to Chapter 11
Governor DeSantis has per national media, embarked on a reboot of his campaign given his sinking poll numbers and inability to win over GOP primary voters in key early states. Not only is the communications strategy shifting slightly but it looks like a campaign that’s acting like a business trying to avoid filing for Chapter […]
Can anti-LGBTQ+ demagoguery propel DeSantis to an Iowa Caucus win? It’s very possible…
It’s become quite fashionable within the chattering class to write Ron DeSantis off in the last few weeks. The same chattering class who felt Hillary Clinton would be finishing her second term about now and thought Joe Biden was done after New Hampshire in 2020. Personally, I don’t subscribe to this and would urge everyone […]
That DeSantis ad and the march away from modernity
By now everyone has seen and commented on this video which was so poorly produced and so incendiary, I hesitate to post it here. While the video created a justified cringe, it’s worth noting it does point something out I had been meaning to write about for a while – that for all of Donald […]
Interesting AP Piece on Newsom v DeSantis rivalry
This was pretty well laid out- https://apnews.com/article/desantis-newsom-election-2024-california-florida-09475e131ebc2983a8d72e13f55a9955
DeSantis and the Confederacy: About that Moseley Flag
After Governor DeSantis comments on Fort Bragg which we discussed earlier in the week, the conversation about the Governor’s constitutional originalism and fetish for the confederacy is a real talking point. It reminds us that DeSantis embraced a former state flag that was created by Governor William Moseley with a specific purpose – to defend […]
On DeSantis, the Confederacy and Constitutional Originalism
I was somewhat struck though upon reflection not shocked by Governor DeSantis strident and angry tone in North Carolina on Friday, seeking to restore the name of Fort Bragg. The name has been changed by the Biden Administration to Fort Liberty. General Braxton Bragg as I am sure most of you know was a Confederate […]
Sorry Governor DeSantis, ESG = American Capitalism
Previously, Governor Ron DeSantis made a very strong issue out of companies hiring based “Diversity Equity and Inclusion. ” While I don’t necessarily agree with Governor DeSantis stand on that matter, I get it. In theory, it makes sense to aspire for the United States to be “race neutral,” though the way DeSantis couches the […]
The Florida Squeeze 