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Originally Posted by thesloppy
I'm starting to wonder if there's a legit path to victory, based simply on Biden/Trump fatigue, for whatever non-Trump candidate that manages to secure the GOP nomnation.
For all of their attempts to latch onto MAGA-in-a-bottle for the primary, just being somethng different might pay the most return in the general. Still sucks to be Mike Pence, of course. Not Trump, but still covered in his stink
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I think DeSantis had a chance if he declared right after the midterms and tried to bury Trump as a loser. That was a window when it seemed like the party was looking for an off-ramp from him and he was at his lowest. You heard about how Fox and other propaganda outlets were going to move on from him.
Ron waited and it allowed Trump to regain his footing. He also let Trump just attack him for months without a response.
Trump wins the primary in a landslide now but I do think there was a window where a smart campaign by DeSantis could have made it very interesting.