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DeSantis Fires a Third of His Campaign
Staff – Drops Even Further Behind in Polls

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Posted By: earlybird, 7/25/2023 7:20:12 PM

This is not a surprise. This is not disappointing. This is not unexpected. (snip)Keep in mind, the Florida legislature was pressured by the governor’s office to change the political sunlight laws – just so DeSantis could obfuscate his travel expenses and hide that he was flying around the country on private jets owned by billionaires and multinational corporations.(snip)That “insurgent underdog” spin is particularly laughable when you consider that Karl Rove, the RGA, Paul Ryan, Ed Rollins, Jeb Bush and the entire apparatus of the approved republican coalition are aligned with Ron DeSantis. What exactly is the party selected candidate running as an insurgent against?

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The price of sellng out to the wrong bedfellows?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 7/25/2023 7:31:16 PM (No. 1520435)
Something seems fishy. Although I’m not a DeS supporter, this “fall” is too steep snd quick for my thinking. Is he being sacrificed now to reposition the real candidate?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 7/25/2023 7:39:40 PM (No. 1520439)
Sean, Karl Rove is probably a friend to you. To me, he's a chameleon puke who is a member of the Deep State Deep Swamp.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Catherine 7/25/2023 7:49:31 PM (No. 1520444)
I didn't know about the Rove, Rollins connection but I did about the Bushes. That's all I needed to know. Wrong man, wrong time. Pity, I think he could have been great.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: BRDG 7/25/2023 7:59:05 PM (No. 1520453)
No more groomed Yale grads marketed like a Pfizer vaccine please.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Hazymac 7/25/2023 7:59:06 PM (No. 1520454)
I do not trust Sundance. He's gone off.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 7/25/2023 8:01:48 PM (No. 1520458)
DeDantis should have realized that this wasn't his year. Spinning his wheels, wasting money and effort that could be used helping Florida, and further building a reputation of accomplishments.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Kate318 7/25/2023 8:08:20 PM (No. 1520460)
Insurgent against MAGA. The GOPe hates us; Trump is simply our representative.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 7/25/2023 8:14:16 PM (No. 1520465)
He's not ready for primetime. Maybe 2028.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: formerNYer 7/25/2023 8:21:29 PM (No. 1520469)
I think DeSantis tried to play both side of the fence, MAGA & traditional old GOP Republican (Bush, Rowe, etc.). You can't be both.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 7/25/2023 8:22:14 PM (No. 1520470)
Well, Sundance has collected his pound of flesh. Masterful job of character assassination. Everything he said was probably true, but who knows. I will never trust the guy for this. I don't trust DeSantis, but I trust Sundance even less. Did he get paid for this? If anyone was behind this, I would trust them either. We don't need this.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: earlybird 7/25/2023 8:31:12 PM (No. 1520472)
Re #5, with all respect, can you point to something in his article that isn’t factual? His opinion/analysis , of course, is just that….but the information upon which his opinion/analysis is based? Does poster draw another conclusion from what is being reported? I would hate to think it was just more “shoot the messenger”. I have not seen any good news for DeSantis in any quarter.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: billa57 7/25/2023 8:52:35 PM (No. 1520475)
The powers to be want both Trump AND Desantis eliminated, and stories like this help that become a reality. Trump is our pick but if the Deep State is successful at getting rid of Trump, Desantis would make an excellent President.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Strike3 7/25/2023 9:13:42 PM (No. 1520481)
How naive does one have to be to not realize that this coalition needs a front man to groom and their agenda is not in line with the candidate's agenda? These well-known tricksters could not win but DeSantis could if republicans were gullible enough.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: kreeger 7/25/2023 9:48:54 PM (No. 1520504)
Sundance's obsession with Trump is borderline psychotic. DJT should get credit for diminishing the influence of the RINOs but he has messed up too many times that he is almost unelectable. And yes he slept with Stormy Daniel's.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: snakeoil 7/25/2023 10:16:52 PM (No. 1520512)
I like Ron but appears not to be his year. With PT in his mid 70s and facing 4 trials it will take a miracle for him to win. But PT appears to be our best bet. I'll vote for anyone or anything running against Quid Pro Joe. I want my country back.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: earlybird 7/25/2023 11:15:58 PM (No. 1520557)
Don’t the anti-Trumpers know that we know them so well we could list them from memory? They fool none of us who have been here a long enough time. As for Sundance, he admitted in 2016 that he was for Donald Trump. It has never been a secret. He doesn’t pretend to be “fair and balanced”. But he backs up his assertions and opinions with links to source material. Those who post unsupported snark here about President Trump can’t do that. Shooting the messenger is so lame.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: earlybird 7/25/2023 11:59:37 PM (No. 1520564)
Similar articles at the Guardian (UK), UPI, AP, USA Today, Washington Post, Breitbart, SF Gate, ….
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DanvilleBill 7/26/2023 12:23:45 AM (No. 1520568)
Reading something from the Sundance creature is like reading something from the Gateway Pundit. Garbage. Does Sundance have an actual name? Or is he/she afraid to disclose it? If not. Why not?
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Reply 19 - Posted by: earlybird 7/26/2023 12:48:15 AM (No. 1520578)
Probably for the same reason we all have noms de plume aka usernames.
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