(Yesterday 12:37 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(11-04-2026 11:51 PM)Eagleyed Wrote:  Ron DeSantis wife never ran for governor. As for if it is just an act or it was because he lost to Trump 2 years ago. Well he's been governor for almost 8 years. Look at his record as governor before the loss to Trump if it concerns you.

No, thank goodness not. Donalds should be miles better than she would have been. But DeSantis did float the idea of his wife taking over his chair for him with a straight face. It's not his goshdang chair in the first place. And that kid of attitude is the very problem with these entitled elite types. That and his Yaley background plus the RINO Bushes and Rove lining up behind him heavily before Trump trounced him and forced him to drop out will always give one pause. Running Florida is not running the US. He changed after he lost to Trump. Was it authentic or tactical? We'll see. Trust but verify.

You, GoodOwl, are a first-rate poster from an analytical standpoint. And in this post, you have surgically illustrated why the Republicans are in such a political fix.

Ron DeSantis is far from perfect. I think that his reason for losing in the 2024 primaries came down entirely due to the Mar-a-Lago raid, and Republicans rallying around the president in the wake of that kind of gov’t abuse. But there is no doubt that DeSantis was a less-than-stellar candidate. As effective as he is at governance, he lacks charisma.

Donald Trump oozes charisma. But that is about it. And this midterm devastation, in my view, is 100% on him.

Here’s the problem: if Republicans are going to repeat the mistake of requiring perfection in every candidate other than the anointed Trump successor (for whom every imperfection will be overlooked or dismissed as some kind of 4-dimensional brilliance), then Republicans are never going to win another national election.

Ron DeSantis is not perfect. But not one of the bold-printed criticisms of him in your quoted post is a reason to write him off in 2028.