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.
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.