Tag: campaign 2024
Trump Is Beating DeSantis on Three Levels
“Trump is winning on three levels in his shadow primary against DeSantis. First, to the extent that polls matter this early in the race, Trump has widened the gap between himself and DeSantis since the start of 2023. … Second, Trump has out-hustled and out-maneuvered DeSantis on endorsements from elected officials. … Third, in outworking DeSantis on endorsements, Trump is also making it easy for the press to explain in excruciating detail all of the ways in which DeSantis is blowing it.”
— Dan Drezner
Christie Says He Wouldn’t Run Just to Knock Out Trump
“I’m not a paid assassin. When you’re waking up for your 45th morning at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester, you better think you can win, because that walk from the bed to the shower, if you don’t think you can win, it’s hard.”
— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by Politico, on the idea of running for president just to take out Donald Trump.
Trump Leading Rivals in S.C.
43%
A new National Public Affairs poll in South Carolina finds Donald Trump way ahead in the Republican presidential race with 43% support, followed by Ron DeSantis at 21%, Nikki Haley at 19%, Tim Scott at 7% and Mike Pence at 2%.
Christie: Ron DeSantis Is Not a Conservative
“… as a conservative, the job of government is … to stay out of the business of business. … I don’t think Ron DeSantis is a conservative. … Where are we headed here now that if you express disagreement in this country, the government is allowed to punish you? To me, that’s what I always thought liberals did.”
— Former New Jersey Governor and potential presidential candidate Chris Christie, in an interview with Semafor.
AWOL in the Downfall
As the cold rains fell, on and on,
And Fort Lauderdale sank on down,
Floridians were asking,
While slogging and bailing:
Where, oh where, is our Governor Ron?
