david robertsNov 7, 2022

I have this same question. How can a Trump-DeSantis war possibly be avoided? What's the hoped-for sequence of events?

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An honest question: when professional republican contributors game out a "primary" for the nominee of the party, what do they think will happen if Trump doesn't win?

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“An honest question: when professional republican contributors game out a "primary" for the nominee of the party, what do they think will happen if Trump doesn't win?”

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Show threaddavid robertsNov 7, 2022

Huh, I find the responses to this👆question somewhat surprising. Consensus seems to be that Trump will mop the floor with DeSantis -- mock him, drive him out, just like he did with Cruz.

Is this conventional wisdom? I guess I'm not so sure.

Show threaddavid robertsNov 9, 2022

Last week I asked about a Trump-DeSantis war & the consensus was that Trump will win easily.

I wonder, after last night -- Trump's debacle, DeSantis's triumph -- if anyone has changed their minds. Certainly looks a lot more interesting now.

Show threadRoss Macfarlane
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My 2 cents: I think that Trump still wipes floor with DeSantis, unless he is too sick or in jail. The party establishment will be more emboldened to say publicly what they have thought privately for a long time, and try to dump Trump. But the MAGAites still rule the base.
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Show threadVladGutmanNov 9, 2022
@ross_macfarlane @drvolts agreed. We have primary systems now; leadership tried to stop Trump in 2016 too and it went nowhere.