Where has THIS Ron DeSantis been? HotAir

At a town hall in New Hampshire, Ron DeSantis was asked how he will respond when Trump starts belittling him and name-calling in personal attacks on the debate stage. His answer was a glimmer that the Ron DeSantis we ve been waiting to show up on the campaign trail is still there.

Is he finally waking up? The question now is whether or not it is too late to make a difference. DeSantis pointed out what many Republican voters think the way Trump speaks is not presidential. Sure, the most ardent Trump supporters love the trash-talking and the crude way Trump speaks of other people. However, this is 2023, not 2015, and the novelty of having a Republican candidate speaking without a filter is no longer refreshing. After four years of Trump in office, then almost four years out of office, people are looking for something else. A majority of voters don t want a Trump-Biden re-match.

The strongest alternative to Trump remains to be Ron DeSantis. He is in a distant second place in polls and his time may have already come and gone to be able to eventually overcome the gap between his numbers and those of Trump. We don t know yet. Anyone who says otherwise is blowing smoke. This Republican presidential primary is one like we ve never seen before and all we can do is wait it out.

Let me remind readers here that of the declared candidates in the Republican primary, DeSantis is my choice. I think it is time for change, time to run a young, proven, successful red state governor against Old Yeller. DeSantis is a policy wonk and can articulate his opinions well. He finally said what we ve been waiting for him to say Trump is running on the same things he ran on in 2015. He accomplished few of his promises.

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I hope so.