DeSantis not wearing well?

Created
Thu, 30/03/2023 - 04:30
Updated
Thu, 30/03/2023 - 04:30
It’s looking dicey for the latest Great Whitebread Hope Nobody has ever absorbed the right-wing politics of grievance as eagerly as Donald Trump. In anticipation of his possible run for president in 2016, one of Trump’s smartest moves was to deploy aide Sam Nunberg to listen to talk radio for him and give him a rundown on all the talking points floating around in the right-wing fever swamp. He was a CNN guy but he knew that whatever Fox News and Rush Limbaugh were talking about was what the base of the Republican Party was interested in and that’s where he would aim his candidacy. As it happened, Trump found that he and they were very much on the same wavelength. He didn’t even attempt to please the political establishment or cater to their needs. Trump runs almost entirely on instinct. He’s bragged openly that he doesn’t need to learn anymore because he already knows everything he needs to know. In business, he refused to look at marketing data and analyses because he trusted his personal vibes over a bunch of pointy headed numbers crunchers. He hired people because they genuflected to him, not because they had any expertise. And he always leaned heavily on nepotism. His showboating celebrity style gave him his television show and resulting branding deals that kept him successful long after his father’s money ran out. Trump’s main 2024 rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is taking a more systematic approach to figuring out what the base wants.DeSantis is notoriously…