Since announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president last May, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis and his cowboy boots have been on a crash course, marred by embarrassing gaffes, crappy poll numbers, and negative headlines.
On Monday, January 15, Republicans in Iowa will gather in schools, community centers, and church basements to kickoff the party’s presidential nominating cycle by casting their ballots. Republicans in New Hampshire will follow suit one week later, on January 23.
DeSantis, who was once believed to be the strongest candidate to beat Trump in the GOP primary, is expected to come in third in both states, according to the polls. And, when that happens, it will likely mark the end of his doomed campaign.
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A new survey released yesterday by the Suffolk University Political Research Center found Nikki Haley has zipped past him for a distant second place behind ex-president Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State. She’s now polling at 20% to his 13%. Trump leads with 54%.
Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, things are even worse for the gay-hating Florida governor. An Emerson College Polling/WHDH New Hampshire survey released yesterday found him trailing both Haley and Trump by double digits.
The poll found Trump with 44% support from Republican primary voters in the Granite State, down from 49% in November, and Haley with 28% support, up from 18% in November.
DeSantis barely cracked 7%, which is unchanged from November.
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On top of all that, his campaign has burned through tens of millions of dollars with virtually nothing to show for it. Haley actually called him out for this during Wednesday night’s CNN Republican debate in Des Moines.
“The best way to tell about a candidate is to see how they run their campaign,” she said. “He has blown through 150 million dollars. I don’t even know how you do that.”
“He’s spent more money on private planes than he has on commercials trying to get Iowans to vote for him. If you can’t manage a campaign, how are you going to manage a country?”
We hate to agree with the popcorn queen on anything, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Nikki Haley torches Ron DeSantis' dysfunctional campaign:
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) January 11, 2024
"He has blown threw $150 million. I don't even know how you do that. He has nothing to show for it. He has spent more money on private planes than he has on commercials trying to get Iowans to vote for him." pic.twitter.com/s8nkMjLJ7P
In an op-ed published yesterday by Politico, political commentator Rich Lowry writes:
DeSantis has to hope that some combination of weather-induced low turnout, an overperforming ground operation and massive polling error lead to a shockingly strong finish for him [in Iowa]. Otherwise, the governor is going to have to drop out or limp on as an afterthought.
Even if DeSantis holds off Haley but finishes a distant second to Donald Trump, it will effectively be the end of the line.
Why DeSantis has even stayed in the race this long is a mystery. Pretty much everyone agrees he has no path to victory. (Haley, on the other hand, still appears to be a contender for winning the party’s nomination, having seen a steady upswing in momentum in recent weeks.)
Ron’s doting wife Casey (a.k.a. Walmart Melania) is still holding out hope, however.
She claimed to have knocked on her “three millionth door” this week in Iowa, tromping through the snow with volunteers from the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down to pester people into casting their ballots for her homophobic husband.
“This will be our three millionth door in the early states, and it’ll be nearly a million doors in Iowa alone,” Casey told local media. “No matter the weather, you got to show up, you got to make your case, you got to get to the doors.”
Ron appeared to thank his wife for her door-knocking dedication with an awkward handshake at Wednesday night’s debate.
DeSantis has had a rough–very rough–time running for president. And, if you ask us, it couldn’t have happened to a more-deserving guy!
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abfab
Bobble Head.
ZzBomb
The thing that gets me, and Christie was right about this, was these candidates at the RNC debates really only went after each other in stead of the person missing in the room who they should have been attacking. They acted like the candidates on the stage were the only ones in the race all the while giving Trump a pass. If I were anyone of them, I’d be pissed that Trump is even allowed to be considered in the primary considering he never once attended a debate.
I hope Christie still runs as a 3rd party if only to shoot Trump’s shot at a second term.
Openminded
I believe the 3rd party candidate will be the deciding factor in this race that looks to be between Biden and Trump. Luckily for Biden, I can’t think of anyone who can run independent and seriously hurt him, but to have Christie run as independent could “trump” the Trump. I believe Haley’s quick rise in the polls proves that many in the GOP want a viable alternative to Trump. I just don’t know if the Zombies of the GOP will wake up or die in time to save the party.
Diplomat
So true. And if I wanted to watch a boxing match etc… pathetic.
dbmcvey
Neither has a chance against the big orange buffoon, but I guess if they’re wasting conservative donors money, I don’t care.
Ronbo
I care. The more they spend attacking each other now, the less they have to spend on attack lies later. So please stay in the game and keep spending money attacking tRump.
abfab
Shaking your scary wife’s hand. On national TV. In a sleeveless Walmart wash & dry. Awkward would be an understatement.
Can’t wait to get the Best of Iowa Tour highlights. Reaity TV at its best. Let’s see if Cruella will wear something to avoid frost bite.—-her sun fried Florida skin will fall off the bones like a well cooked chicken.
RIGay
I do not understand who the “pollsters” are talking to? How can someone like Trump remain so continuously locked into the lead since this cluster f*ck election cycle began? Something is just not right here. He has never wavered from 54%. Ever. Really? Are you telling me that NewsMax, Fox and Q-Anon are the only sources of information in Iowa?
abfab
Anyone still into polls must be a complete moron. We have a few here who live for them. Not you, RIGay. The republican trolls.
Openminded
Come to Tennessee and talk to just about anybody outside the 3- big cities and you will see who they are talking to. It’s like Trump Zombieland here. I’ve lost many fellow GOP “friends” by simply stating that I don’t think Trump is mentally stable enough to help the country. It’s safer to be caught in bed with a rednecks 15 y/o daughter here than to bad mouth Trump. As for the 54%, I agree that it’s suspect that he hasn’t really waivered much from that number, but I suppose that proves just how stubborn and braindead his supporters are. Nothing will change their minds. 54% is kind of like the number of illegal immigrants in this country. That number was stuck at 11 Million for over 2 decades.
abfab
Um, no. Coming to Tennessee is the last thing on any Gay man’s mind. But good luck with that.
RoyM
Why knock the pollsters? All conservatives are just like Trump – amoral, dishonest, hate and greed driven walking, talking pieces of human fecal matter. It’s not surprising that their orange turdball is their number one pick.
Ronbo
Someone wake up abfab please. We have a serious problem and dreaming isn’t going to chase our problems away.
We elect Presidents in the “Electoral College” and the news in all the critical swing states is much, much worse today than in the 2020 squeaker election – ask former two-time elected Obama. Does abfab remember that polling had Hillary up over tRump by over 5% and while she had millions more votes she still lost the election?
Statistically accurate Democratic polling has Obama and his former election team in full panic mode. That is a forecast our resident moron should not ignore.
abfab
”Three millionth door” ?
That would make her husbands dick about seven yards long.
abfab
Florida school book bans hit dictionaries. The definition of Penis was just too much for the children to comprehend. Or maybe it was the illustration.
ZzBomb
Is this a real thing?
ZzBomb
OMG it really is! They are trying to ban the dictionary.
Wtf!?
abfab
Even the last few Funk and Wagnalls……….all gone.
still_onthemark
Jimmy Kimmel says not only is Florida removing dictionaries from school libraries, they’re no longer allowed to SAY dictionary. From now on it’s “shun-airy.” With no d!ck.
abfab
Even the Funk and Wagnalls proved too much for them.
Ronbo
Please keep you mind in the election – rather than our resident moron’s conspiracy theory.
Robert Bradley
Is it just me or did DeSantis’ makeup at the last debate make him look kinda dragqueenie? Heavy dark pancake and almost smokey eye shadow. He looked a bit over processed. Take a look. We thought it was our TV initially but it looks the same on different sets.
abfab
He shops at Sally’s Beauty Supply. And yes. It’s like he went to the Sarah Huckabee School of Cosmetology in Little Rock.
Tragic.
James
DON’T BE FOOLED.
NIKKI HALEY IS ANOTHER ANTI GAY MONSTER.
abfab
She’s not very bright….again, that’s why the reuplicans love her. They can relate to her.
Ronbo
James is right, Nikki Haley is a much, much greater threat – virulently anti-gay, pro-war and even worse, she is electable! With Americans saying we are on the wrong track at over 75% – we are in serious trouble.
Joe is losing all of the “must have” swing states. The economy is only working for the top 20%. Genocide isn’t as popular as some think. It’s time to panic. Hopefully Marianne Williamson’s win in New Hampshire will wake us back into reality.
abfab
Opinion Marianne Williamson: After Tuesday’s debate, there’s no way I’m dropping out
By Marianne Williamson
October 16, 2019 at 6:24 p.m. EDT Washington Post
Excerpt (some deep stuff here–watch out)……….she dropped out.
”Our task is to protect and defend our democracy from the greatest threat it has ever known, and we will need to begin by practicing it ourselves. If our political gatekeepers keep locking the gate, then the people ourselves will unlock it.”
Ronbo
Yet, here she is… still speaking and working for positive change. Marianne Williamson is building a movement based upon compassion and acceptance. It’s the same agenda that warmed America’s heart to our community. Watching both sides of the massacre and destruction in Israel is our opening.
Abfab should remember that the AIDS massacre preceded our ascension into the hearts of most Americans – and eventually lead to our acceptance and equality. We have the massacre, we have the power, we just need to read the tea leaves and take the opportunity. Marianne is now only really available on YouTube and tictok. Let’s move the compassion into the establishment media where it is so desperately needed.
Ronbo
Dean Phillips would also trounce tRump. I just like Williamson.
Regardless of my choice, we MUST win and Biden hit a new low of support in today’s poll released by The Hill. This the 12th national consecutive poll where his support has declined! Listen to President Obama if you don’t like me.
Flamingo Falls
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 1.274 million households in Iowa, so Ms. DeSantis must be knocking on so rather peculiar doors.
abfab
That trollup is knocked up. Another clown. Thanks for the research.
cuteguy
Bye pudding fingers. You won’t be missed. Next up is nutjob Nikki. She will be gone soon enough. They were both too scared to go through Trumpf and attack him, now they will pay.
Openminded
They think the primary is for the VP position. Can’t be badmouthing your future boss.
dbmcvey
Funny because he won’t take any of the people who ran as his VP candidate. He views it as disloyalty. He’ll choose some spineless monster who sucked up to him.
abfab
Ye. Formally known as who the f u ck gives a shit.
Ronbo
Graham Gremore wrote this piece based upon a FAR_RIGHT “journalist” whose agenda is sworn support of tRump. After his multiple false stories attacking a gay candidate, why is Graham pushing tRump’s agenda here?
Graham’s agenda is the Log Cabin agenda. They may be part of our community; but, we don’t need to embrace them. Do we?
Invader7
I say DeStupid limps out of the race. With his freaky ass low class wifey. They deserve each other.