Polls :sleepi: :lenin-sleeping: 😴 😪 🛌

permalink
report
reply
18 points

trump tops desantis

:bottom-speak:

permalink
report
reply
7 points

DeSantis needs to be a governor in order to do insane evil shit for the Republican primary hogs. He won’t be relevant in 2028 because he’ll be term limited beforehand.

permalink
report
reply
5 points

Tucker carlson dark star rising btw

permalink
report
reply
5 points

i think he’s smart enough to wait it out until the next election cycle

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points
*

Why is it smart? He is a better trump, semi-coherent, acceptable to internal republicans, known face to people, anti-elites rhetoric in the streets, fash in the sheets vibes. :shrug-outta-hecks: idk how is his wwe credentials and bs/crowd skills, but other than that.

I mean i think he can go to shitflinging with trump and come out relatively unscathed, cause he is not a politician. Obviously out-there rhetoric on fox news will bite him, but that would be true next time as well

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Idk it kinda sounded like he hated being the slopman for the hogs on TV. I’d be surprised if he wants to continue working in politics

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
49 points

I don’t really understand why DeSatan doesn’t just sit this one out and wait for 2028. Trump has far too much inertia and cult of personality around him to overcome and instead of embarassing himself infront of the hogs during the primaries he could just wait until next time. By then Trump will have either won his second term or eaten shit in the general, and by 2028 he’d probably be too old.

Regardless, I guess I’m slightly relieved that we (probably) won’t get the CIA fascist.

permalink
report
reply
4 points
*

he’s term limited in 2026 as governor. two years out of the spotlight hurts his chances and momentum

permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points

He currently has the spotlight, won’t be governor of Florida by 2028, so likely this is his only opportunity to stay relevant

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

I don’t think DeSantis has announced yet and I don’t know if he will. Playing the “will he, won’t he” game has gotten him more national media coverage in the last few months than he’s gotten in a while. If he’s smart though, he’d just sit this out and let Trump do Trump shit. From stuff I’ve heard in podcasts and reporting, big money GOP financiers have been in the tank for him pushing him to run. I imagine there’s probably some coercion with that kind of backing.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points
*
Deleted by creator
permalink
report
parent
reply

our current president ran like 5 times or whatever so clearly it doesn’t matter

permalink
report
parent
reply

Regardless, I guess I’m slightly relieved that we (probably) won’t get the CIA fascist.

Ditto.

A Disney adult CIA torture fascist is horror-comedy but 95+% horror.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Building a name for himself now is probably his best bet for 2028. He’ll be running as the guy to beat. I think it’s also possible that he overestimated his chances at taking :thicc-trump: in a 1-on-1. There was a (fairly meager) attempt to portray their 2018 midterm failure as a result of Trump and I can see how someone at the center of that could get swept up and think they’d be able to oust him this time

permalink
report
parent
reply