The argument can be made this is a good thing because now there's two ACTUAL contenders debating it out, more on the lines of 2016 which sharpens Trump up and gives Desantis experience on a national stage. If Trump f's up the nomination WITHOUT party fuckery, then it's on him but Desantis losing to Trump might still be good as look what happened to Cruz after 2016.
We get a split of the party, this is the risk if the party fucks with Trump to favour Desantis. Trump won't back down from that and we could end up with 2nd Bull moose party situation. If I was Desantis, I'd recind my candidacy if ANY evidence of fuckery from the establishment as even with no involvement from Desantis, it'll leave a black mark against him if he continued under that. If he withdraws after establishment corruption efforts, he looks like a Saint and paints a HUGE target on turtleneck and the rest because they may have fucked over Biden getting a 2nd term with their efforts.
I hope you're right but we need to monitor the establishment actions as closely as possible, including those that CLAIM to be on the Trump or Desantis teams.
The greatest enemies are those from within than outside
They foolishly believe they can get a return to the old business Reaganism by backing a candidate like Tim Scott or Nikki Haley.
The establishment personally despises Trump for his abrasive personality but they are not getting behind DeSantis because they don't like that DeSantis is truly a conservative with populist leanings.
DeSantis is too right wing populist for the establishment and Trump is too offensive for them from a personality standpoint.
The establishment will be irrelevant in this primary.
They will push Tim and to a lesser degree Nikki until both fail in their home state of SC and the establishment will seethe.
There's two ways this can go:
The argument can be made this is a good thing because now there's two ACTUAL contenders debating it out, more on the lines of 2016 which sharpens Trump up and gives Desantis experience on a national stage. If Trump f's up the nomination WITHOUT party fuckery, then it's on him but Desantis losing to Trump might still be good as look what happened to Cruz after 2016.
We get a split of the party, this is the risk if the party fucks with Trump to favour Desantis. Trump won't back down from that and we could end up with 2nd Bull moose party situation. If I was Desantis, I'd recind my candidacy if ANY evidence of fuckery from the establishment as even with no involvement from Desantis, it'll leave a black mark against him if he continued under that. If he withdraws after establishment corruption efforts, he looks like a Saint and paints a HUGE target on turtleneck and the rest because they may have fucked over Biden getting a 2nd term with their efforts.
The establishment is openly backing Tim Scott not Ron DeSantis. Thune and McConnell are for Tim Scott.
I am certain this primary will be your scenario 1.
Either Trump or DeSantis will win the nomination on their work alone.
Regardless of which of the two wins, we must all get behind the eventual GOP nominee to end Biden's dreams of an re-election.
I hope you're right but we need to monitor the establishment actions as closely as possible, including those that CLAIM to be on the Trump or Desantis teams.
The greatest enemies are those from within than outside
The McConnell establishment is stuck in the past.
They foolishly believe they can get a return to the old business Reaganism by backing a candidate like Tim Scott or Nikki Haley.
The establishment personally despises Trump for his abrasive personality but they are not getting behind DeSantis because they don't like that DeSantis is truly a conservative with populist leanings.
DeSantis is too right wing populist for the establishment and Trump is too offensive for them from a personality standpoint.
The establishment will be irrelevant in this primary.
They will push Tim and to a lesser degree Nikki until both fail in their home state of SC and the establishment will seethe.