OPINION
Nothing DeSantis Did or Didn't Do Would Have Made Any Difference
David Harsanyi | Jan 19, 2024
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There's a lot of talk about Ron DeSantis' poor showing in the Iowa caucus. It's destroyed his future. He's not ready for prime time. The race exposed a dour and robotic personality. He's just too unlikeable to be president.
I'm skeptical. For one thing, I suspect in a few months no one is going to care about the 2024 GOP primary results. In a few years, no one will even remember them.
DeSantis bet that Donald Trump would either step aside because of his mounting legal troubles (they've only galvanized the former president's candidacy) or that Republicans were ready to move on to a more stable, competent and traditional candidate (they are definitely not).
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For one thing, the former president is effectively running as an incumbent, and incumbents have a lot of things going for them. They have built-in party loyalties. Voters have already seen the incumbents win. There is name recognition and Trump, no matter what he does, is perpetually at the center of the political universe.
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Ultimately, though, that wasn't going to change DeSantis' fortunes. The Florida governor was running somewhat close to Trump (still a 20-point divide, mind you) when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted the former president at the end of March. It's then that Trump really took off. Any criticism of Trump at that point gave the impression that you were rooting for the former president's persecutors. Trump's victimhood solidified the belief, not only that he deserved another shot but that winning would be the best revenge.
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It's also worth noting that Trump is a movement of one. Just as anti-Trump forces delude themselves into believing they can convince Republicans to abandon the former president with some clever arguments, scaremongering or a new policy prescription, Trump fans seem to believe that MAGA's success will extend beyond Trump.
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I'm not in the prediction business, but it's probably too early to hold a funeral for DeSantis' political career.____________
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