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Chris J. Karr's avatar

I think that DeSantis had a path, but effectively steered into a ditch. He could have run as a classically conservative executive with experience getting concrete things done in Florida, instead of trying to out-sh!tpost the biggest sh!tposter of them all. He wouldn't have captured the Trump base, but it's becoming clear that those folks aren't going anywhere.

I hope all the also-rans get together to figure out a plan for getting one of them into the general election to avoid the shellacking they'll get if the GOP runs Trump again. At this point, DeSantis has probably alienated too many general election voters - let's see if smarter heads prevail and the non-Trump field of candidates coalesce behind a suitable challenger.

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Jay Berman's avatar

Burgun and Scott only candidates with a television ad campaign right now in NH. Retail handshake politics in play as candidates make appearances across the state. Take time for a third Republican to establish a strong third place position leading into the fall.

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