{"id":1734973,"date":"2022-11-11T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734973"},"modified":"2022-11-11T09:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:49:52","slug":"miranda-devine-smirking-old-joe-bidens-looming-ron-desantis-woe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-devine-smirking-old-joe-bidens-looming-ron-desantis-woe\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Devine: Smirking Old Joe Biden\u2019s Looming Ron Desantis Woe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiranda-devine-smirking-old-joe-bidens-looming-ron-desantis-woe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76&#038;h=69&#038;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Miranda Devine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/miranda-devine222.png 706w\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a press conference bristling with hubris on the day after the midterms, a cocky Joe Biden decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/09\/biden-books-rare-press-conference-after-democrats-defy-election-odds\/\">weigh in on the potential Republican slate<\/a> for the 2024 presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be fun watching them take on each other,\u201d said the president, smirking at the idea of predecessor Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/08\/desantis-heads-to-second-term-in-florida\/\"> vying to be the candidate <\/a>who denies him a second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden was just making mischief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it is more likely now that the main event of the 2024 primary season will be the WWE cage match: Ron DeSavage vs. The MAGA King.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The red tsunami that engulfed Florida and propelled its young, energetic governor to a 20-point victory has made DeSantis a formidable contender should he choose to run, and the chants of \u201ctwo more years\u201d from supporters at his victory party in Tampa Tuesday night underscored his ambitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two hundred miles east, at former President Trump\u2019s Palm Beach mansion Mar-a-Lago resort, supporters had arrived to celebrate what turned out to be a less-than- stellar night for the most Trump-aligned candidates \u2014 including one who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/09\/trump-furious-over-dr-oz-loss-blaming-wife-melania-report\/\">lost to a recent stroke victim<\/a> who struggled with basic comprehension and speech.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Democrats in Pennsylvania also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/09\/late-pa-state-rep-reelected\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter\">voted for a deceased candidate<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, Arizona\u2019s sluggish returns started coming in good for Trump\u2019s picks Wednesday with a late afternoon surge for Republicans propelling Abe Ham\u00adadeh, the candidate for attorney general, into the lead and bringing gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to within 0.2 percent of Democrat Katie Hobbs, while Senate candidate Blake Masters also was gaining ground in a race too early to call Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-4.jpg\" alt=\"Ron DeSantis\" class=\"wp-image-24598381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-4.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ron DeSantis recently won re-election in his state of Florida. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rebecca Blackwell\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, if it weren\u2019t for the exaggerated predictions of a red wave whipped up by wily Democrats to scare their voters, the Republicans had a good night. A clarifying night. A night that puts a lid on any bubbling hubris, especially with a runoff in Georgia requiring extreme self-discipline for another month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The somber times in which we live do not call for champagne and dancing. Nor for what White House press secretary-turned-MSNBC commentator Jen Psaki described as the mood in the White House Tuesday night: \u201cGiddy and gleeful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans still can count the blessings entrusted to them by the American people for them to use wisely.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They won back the House, for starters, and that stops Biden\u2019s agenda dead in its tracks. No more Nancy Pelosi waving her hands around and calling the shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis.jpg\" alt=\"Abraham Hamadeh\" class=\"wp-image-24598383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Abraham Hamadeh \u2014 a candidate endorsed by former President Trump \u2014 attends a rally for Trump in Mesa, Arizona. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brian Snyder\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There will be a slew of new GOP governors who can model DeSantis\u2019 managerial competence and unapologetic anti-woke stance to win over constituencies for 2024. There will be energetic new members coming into Congress \u2014 including via New York\u2019s local red wave that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/09\/thank-you-lee-zeldin-for-starting-to-build-a-viable-ny-republican-future\/\">owes much to Lee Zeldin<\/a>, even though he just fell short himself, despite winning more votes than any GOP gubernatorial candidate in more than half a century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The Senate either remains unchanged in its 50-50 configuration, effectively in Democratic control, or the GOP gets a one-seat advantage if the runoff in Georgia goes their way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans won\u2019t have so much power that they get cocky or can be held accountable for the economic pain to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But they have just enough power to save America from the worst excesses of this administration and enough time to prepare an optimal playing field for 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden made it clear in his press conference that he is not going to change a thing, despite 75% of voters saying the country is headed in the wrong direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good day for democracy,\u201d he crowed. \u201cWe\u2019re on the right path.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So Democrats are stuck with a deeply unpopular president who tells us he plans to run for a second term in 2024, at the age of 81.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to DeSavage vs. The MAGA King.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the word in Florida was that DeSantis was going to sit out 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Casey DeSantis and Gov. Ron DeSantis smile with their children at the Governor&#039;s Mansion.\" class=\"wp-image-24598379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Casey DeSantis and Gov. Ron DeSantis smile with their children at the Governor\u2019s Mansion. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Executive Office of the Governor, State of Florida<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s only 44, went the thinking, and has plenty of time to run in 2028. But Trump wasn\u2019t buying it. Donald would bring sheafs of polls to dinners at his Bedminster golf club through the summer to show friends how easily he would beat DeSantis in a hypothetical matchup if the younger man had the gall to challenge him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\tKeep up with today&#8217;s most important news\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\tStay up on the very latest with Evening Update.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By September, Trump had come up with a mean nickname and complained to anyone who would listen that he had endorsed De\u00adSantis for his first run for governor in 2018, when he was \u201cnobody.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then Saturday night at a Pennsylvania rally, just three days before the midterms, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/06\/trump-mocks-desantis-as-ron-desanctimonious\/\">launched an attack<\/a> on \u201cRon DeSanctimonious\u201d and later used an interview to threaten his putative rival: \u201cIf he did run, I will tell you things about him that won\u2019t be very flattering. I know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife, who is really running his campaign.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s detractors say it is a sign of his fatal ill-discipline that he inserted himself into the last days of the campaign, reminding wavering independents or Dems why they didn\u2019t vote for him in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Trump clearly didn\u2019t care. He wants to goad DeSantis into running. Don has said he relishes the prospect of fighting a big stable of GOP candidates in 2024 in a knock-down, drag-out WWE spectacular. Send in your best prize fighter, Mitch McConnell, and The MAGA King will best him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That might freak out the establishment, but really, it\u2019s the only way to resolve the party\u2019s \u201cTrump problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-5.jpg\" alt=\"Biden smiles\" class=\"wp-image-24598382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/devine-biden-desantis-5.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Biden is all smiles during a post-election press conference a day after the midterm elections. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In nature, the young alpha buck always challenges the old dominant buck for territory and breeding rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Human politics is just as primal. Trump has laid claim to a good portion of the Republican base. They are not limpets but humans, and they understand the law of the jungle as well as anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has shown strategic common sense, courage and a thick hide in his various battles as governor. If you were choosing a WWE fighter, he easily is a match for Trump, who will be 78 at the next presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And if DeSantis sits on the sidelines, maybe he doesn\u2019t have what it takes to be president in hard times. In politics, you don\u2019t have the luxury of choosing your moment and 2028 may not suit him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But if DeSantis does take on Trump and wins, he will be invincible in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference bristling with hubris on the day after the midterms, a cocky Joe Biden decided to weigh in on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1363926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}