Rick Wilson pours cold water on DeSantis' future - RawStory

[quaker bill]

65. I think he is correct in general terms

DeSantis can fire up the misanthropes and does so regularly. They are nasty and hateful and get film at 11:00 over and over, remember 'if it bleeds it leads'. All that said, there is not enough of them to win a national election, and they actively drive away anyone even vaguely more moderate.

I don't think DeSantis even gets to the GOP nomination this way. But if perchance he does, it will only push more folks to the blue side. The majority of us are not taken with the culture war, even those who might think highly of tax cuts and deregulation. They are and will remain uncomfortable in the company of overt racists and homophobes. They might not be as uncomfortable as I am, but all I need is that they not vote for them.

DeSantis has saddled the wrong horse.