{"id":2016031,"date":"2023-08-29T19:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hopes-slow-and-steady-wins-the-gop-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:43:49","slug":"desantis-hopes-slow-and-steady-wins-the-gop-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hopes-slow-and-steady-wins-the-gop-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis aims for steady victory in GOP presidential race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fdesantis-hopes-slow-and-steady-wins-the-gop-presidential-race%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=2016031&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--><h2>Gov. Ron\u200d DeSantis Stands Strong in the Face of Rivals<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) proved his mettle\u2062 last week, rising above the chaos and coming out\u200b on top. While his Republican rivals were expected to launch a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-ambassador-to-u-n-says-moscow-has-compiled-lists-of-ukrainians-to-target-after-invasion\/\" title=\"U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Says Moscow Has Compiled Lists of Ukrainians to Target After Invasion\">full-scale attack<\/a> at the GOP presidential debate, it was upstart \u2062Vivek\u2063 Ramaswamy \u200bwho found himself \u2063in the thick of it.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200d Flawless Performance<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis stuck to his game plan in Milwaukee, delivering\u2062 flawless responses to\u2063 the questions thrown his way and hitting \u2063all the right notes for those closely following the race. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-jeff-jackson-drops-out-of-north-carolina-senate-race-clearing-path-to-nomination-for-beasley\/\" title=\"Democrat Jeff Jackson Drops Out Of North Carolina Senate Race, Clearing Path To Nomination For Beasley\">highest-polling candidate<\/a>, he was given the honor \u200bof answering\u2064 the first question of the debate. Instead of directly addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hopes-slow-and-steady-wins-the-gop-presidential-race\/\" title=\"DeSantis aims for steady victory in GOP presidential race.\">politically charged hit song<\/a> &#8220;Rich Men\u200d North of \u200cRichmond,&#8221; DeSantis took the opportunity \u2064to launch an attack\u200b on the White House incumbent.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our country is in decline,&#8221; DeSantis declared. &#8220;But this decline is not inevitable. It&#8217;s a choice. We \u2063need to\u2062 send Joe Biden back to his\u2063 basement and reverse American decline.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis continued his strategy of targeting the president when asked about climate change and\u200d its \u200bcauses. He criticized the corporate media&#8217;s treatment of Republicans \u2063and Democrats, highlighting Biden&#8217;s lack of response to the suffering in Hawaii while he was on the beach.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Biden was asked about it and\u200c he said no comment. Are you kidding me?&#8221; DeSantis exclaimed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While some criticized DeSantis for being too cautious, many resonated\u200b with his \u2063message. A post-debate poll by\u200c the Washington Post revealed that 29% of respondents considered DeSantis the winner. Additionally,\u2063 58% rated his \u2062performance as excellent or good,\u200b and\u2063 a\u2063 whopping 78% had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-44-percent-of-americans-have-never-heard-of-msnbcs-chris-hayes\/\" title=\"POLL: 44 Percent of Americans Have Never Heard of MSNBC\u2019s Chris Hayes\">favorable opinion<\/a> of him overall, the highest \u2063among all candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll by Public Opinion Strategies showed DeSantis gaining ground on \u200dformer\u2064 President Donald\u200c Trump in Iowa after the debate. However, it&#8217;s worth noting that\u2063 the\u200c firm conducting the poll is affiliated with the \u200bDeSantis campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>A Balancing Act<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s\u2063 campaign emphasized that he wasn&#8217;t \u2064seeking a breakout\u2063 moment in Milwaukee, and his performance reflected\u200c that. While Hofstra University professor Tomeka Robinson \u2062believed that former South\u200b Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the debate with her breakout moments, she still commended\u2062 DeSantis for his approach.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;While I do commend DeSantis for not engaging in back-and-forth with other candidates, he\u200b needs to explain his policy platform more, especially in controversial areas, to \u200cappeal to centrist voters,&#8221; Robinson stated. &#8220;Establishing his base is not enough to overcome\u2063 Trump in the primary or win the presidency.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The big question for \u2064DeSantis moving forward is whether he&#8217;ll need to take more risks \u2063to\u200d surpass Trump. Despite his \u200bstrong showing in the first debate, his national \u200bpolling numbers continue to decline.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, \u2062Haley and several other\u2064 candidates clashed with Ramaswamy, leaving DeSantis either above the fray or on\u200b the sidelines, depending on who you ask. In the spin room\u200c afterward, \u2063DeSantis supporter Ken Cuccinelli praised the governor&#8217;s presidential demeanor.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He looked very presidential tonight,&#8221; Cuccinelli remarked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican strategist John Feehery had a slightly less positive\u2064 view, noting \u2062DeSantis&#8217;s nervousness but acknowledging that \u200bhe appeared more presidential than some of the other candidates.<\/p>\n<h3>A Break from the Trail<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis is currently\u2062 taking a break \u2062from\u2062 campaigning to address\u2062 the impending Hurricane Idalia \u200calong the coast of Florida. \u200cWhile a natural disaster takes precedence over any presidential campaign, political observers will undoubtedly be watching how DeSantis handles the crisis and its impact on his campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) wisely avoided controversy, giving him an edge. Despite expectations of attacks from GOP rivals at the presidential debate, it was Vivek Ramaswamy who engaged in heated exchanges. A closer look at the dynamics reveals boosters, fencers, and cleaners behind the scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2016031","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=2016031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}