It was a little embarrassing to hear Ron DeSantis (and Nikki Haley for that matter) spin a 30-point loss to Donald Trump in the Iowa caucuses as some sort of victory.
Right now it seems clear that the Defendant-in-Chief will almost certainly be the Republican nominee for president. (Note that I used the journalism wiggle-room term “almost certainly” — because after all, we have to account for the possibility of Trump incarceration and/or fleeing to Belarus.)
There is no other way to look at the Iowa caucus results and polling in general: most Republicans still can’t get enough Trump.
So before he suspends his campaign, returns to being a culture war governor or begins a lucrative pundit gig with Fox News, we still have Ron DeSantis to kick around a little more.
The cartoonist in me is going to miss him, but I can’t wait to see this guy fade into right wing obscurity.
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