Jeffrey Toobin: Ron DeSantis is selling himself as a culture warrior who has a track record of getting things done and has won by a lot in Florida. He says the GOP primary voters aren't especially looking for a winner, they care more about ideological purity. Toobin: The problem with that argument though, right? Is that DeSantis' electability isn't going to land on its head when he's up against Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially entered the Twitter space ... er, presidential race. He kicked off his campaign in a conversation on a glitchy Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur David Sacks on Wednesday. In his opening remarks, he stressed his electability and the ability to implement a policy platform that may not look all that different from that of former President Donald Trump.
In this installment of the podcast, the crew discusses what DeSantis's presidential bid will look like. In FiveThirtyEight's national GOP primary polling averages, Trump currently leads at around 54 percent with DeSantis at around 20 percent, although these things can change quickly in a primary environment. In fact, they already have: Just a couple months ago, Trump’s lead over DeSantis was half of what it is today.
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