"don't back down" pac backs down.
the miami herald seems to have been prepared for desantis' surprise drop out, publishing an honest appraisal of what this quixotic fight, that desantis never tried to win, cost their state.
i'll post a link when i get a better one, but here is an excerpt.,
DeSantisā Florida Blueprint
So now DeSantisā presidential campaign has ended. But the damage of the laws he has pushed through in Florida, as he landed more appearances on Fox News, will live on. Without his political ambitions, there likely wouldnāt be āDonāt say gay,ā woke wars and the waste of state resources to fight meaningless battles against drag queen bars. These were efforts to appeal to Trumpās base but his supporters refused to leave the former president, especially after he was indicted.
DeSantisā hard-right stances on issues like abortion and the Ukraine war ā which he once called a āterritorial disputeā before walking that comment back ā alienated moderate voters. In the end, DeSantis became a candidate without a lane. What an outcome for a Florida governor who established himself as the dominant figure in state politics and who had the Legislature under his thumb. In the past two years, lawmakers have given DeSantis most of his priorities, often with little vetting, resulting in laws that are ambiguous and confusing, perhaps by design.
the miami herald seems to have been prepared for desantis' surprise drop out, publishing an honest appraisal of what this quixotic fight, that desantis never tried to win, cost their state.
i'll post a link when i get a better one, but here is an excerpt.,
DeSantisā Florida Blueprint
So now DeSantisā presidential campaign has ended. But the damage of the laws he has pushed through in Florida, as he landed more appearances on Fox News, will live on. Without his political ambitions, there likely wouldnāt be āDonāt say gay,ā woke wars and the waste of state resources to fight meaningless battles against drag queen bars. These were efforts to appeal to Trumpās base but his supporters refused to leave the former president, especially after he was indicted.
DeSantisā hard-right stances on issues like abortion and the Ukraine war ā which he once called a āterritorial disputeā before walking that comment back ā alienated moderate voters. In the end, DeSantis became a candidate without a lane. What an outcome for a Florida governor who established himself as the dominant figure in state politics and who had the Legislature under his thumb. In the past two years, lawmakers have given DeSantis most of his priorities, often with little vetting, resulting in laws that are ambiguous and confusing, perhaps by design.
