# Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2020-04-12T00:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/562 "2024-01-21T21:16:18Z")
I doubt Haley drops out, someone has to be the “just in case” candidate in the off chance Trump gets disqualified or drops dead. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/563 "2024-01-21T21:16:49Z")
Agreed. Having any Rs at all doing anything other than staring lovingly at trump’s latest outrage du jour would be helpful. The Rs essentially shutting down their own primary / caucus / convention process an anointing trump right after NH votes would be a real tragedy. He’ll have nothing to do for the 10 months to Nov except take shots at Biden. Biden meanwhile, in addition to campaigning, still has a day job that requires a certain amount of attention. Or at least it does if it’s to be done well, not just phoned in as trump did. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/564 "2024-01-21T21:28:52Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > In retrospect, the campaign manager spent his days working on a jigsaw puzzle had exactly the right idea. But to their credit, they got the puzzle done in 3 days even though the box said 3-5 years. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/565 "2024-01-21T21:32:39Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I doubt Haley drops out, someone has to be the “just in case” candidate in the off chance Trump gets disqualified or drops dead. Even if Trump does die or get disqualified, there’s no reason why Haley would get the nomination. The Trump delegates would now be free agents to vote for whomever they wish at the convention, and it ain’t gonna be Haley. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/566 "2024-01-21T21:48:27Z")
You come at the King, you’d best not miss… [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53479186635_143becd2c1_w.jpg "20240121\_154726") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/53479186635/) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/567 "2024-01-21T22:43:28Z")
Oh now for the 3 years he has left in charge of FL he’s going to **really** try to avenge himself by going harder after Disney or the BCS or the colleges or the queers or the immigrants or Og only knows who to re-establish himself as the wokeslayer. This at least was keeping him occupied out of town. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/568 "2024-01-21T22:58:49Z")
> > > Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/569 "2024-01-21T23:21:27Z")
He’s not stupid. He will probably try to govern from the center knowing that Trump won’t be a candidate in 2028. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/570 "2024-01-21T23:22:07Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I think Jeb Bush remains the gold standard. Worse than [Michael Dukakis](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/dukakis-and-the-tank-099119/)? [![](https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/138b7b4/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=http:%2F%2Fs3-origin-images.politico.com%2F2013%2F11%2F01%2Fdukakis_tank_2_c.jpg) ](https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/138b7b4/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=http:%2F%2Fs3-origin-images.politico.com%2F2013%2F11%2F01%2Fdukakis_tank_2_c.jpg) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/571 "2024-01-21T23:22:08Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Oh now for the 3 years he has left in charge of FL he’s going to **really** try to avenge himself by going harder after Disney or the BCS or the colleges or the queers or the immigrants or Og only knows who to re-establish himself as the wokeslayer. This at least was keeping him occupied out of town. I think maybe his flop of a campaign proved that there aren’t as many people obsessing over woke as he thought there were. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/572 "2024-01-21T23:22:33Z")
Dukakis actually won a contested primary. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/573 "2024-01-21T23:23:08Z")
DeSantis will govern from the center? What is your definition of “center?” DeSantis has never done such a thing and seems to pride himself in steering hard right. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/574 "2024-01-21T23:25:04Z")
He’ll no doubt be a dick anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/575 "2024-01-21T23:26:17Z")
The national media only paid attention to him when he was running for governor, and when he was running for president. The first couple of years of his governorship were mostly moderate. It’s only the last 18 months or so when he turned into a demagogue. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/576 "2024-01-21T23:26:31Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think maybe his flop of a campaign proved that there aren’t as many people obsessing over woke as he thought there were. No, it is just because DeSantis was trying to be a Mussolini without the benefit of any personality or appeal. His agenda in Florida seems to have pretty broad popularity, and while I’d like to follow that with “…because Florida” there are plenty of people who like what Fox News and the GOP in general has been saying about “The Woke”. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Dukakis actually won a contested primary. And immediately started flubbing so hard and frequently on the campaign trail that he made George H.W. Bush look appealing. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/577 "2024-01-21T23:27:43Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/578 "2024-01-21T23:29:23Z")
Ron will be jonesing for a spot in Trump 2.0, likely as AG, I would guess. The buttsnorkeling will commence Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/579 "2024-01-21T23:29:51Z")
So, do you suggest I go with who he was in the past or who he is now? ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/580 "2024-01-22T00:07:17Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Ron will be jonesing for a spot in Trump 2.0, likely as AG, I would guess. No cabinet secretary has ascended to the presidency since Hoover.’ No AG has ever ascended to the presidency. DeSantis probably has an advisor who tells him stuff like that. Trump’s AG will be lucky to stay out of prison. And the only plausible way to get lucky there is to be willing to refuse when Trump tells he or she to break the law. (The implausible way, to generate such luck, is to destroy the American legal system. The next AG may try, but success there is iffy.) DeSantis graduated from Harvard Law with honors. If Donald Trump notices, he won’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/581 "2024-01-22T00:35:53Z")
The mistake DeSantis and most of the other GOP candidates made was that they tried to play nice with Trump. But playing nice is never going to work with a bully like Trump. It’s certainly not going to do anything to earn the respect of his minions. Trump’s supporters see him as the biggest, baddest pitbull on the block, and that’s what they like about him. The only way you’re ever going to earn their support is by being a bigger badder pitbull. DeSantis tried preening as a big, mean MFer, but he was never willing to go for the jugular, or really even say anything very mean about the Orange One, and Trump’s minions rightly saw him as the poseur that he was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=30)