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Everybody's second choice

How an old Canadian election could be a roadmap for Tim Scott in 2024.

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Jul 14, 2023
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I still remember John McCain’s 2007-2008 turnaround very well, so I’ve resisted writing off Ron DeSantis this early in the 2024 campaign. Indeed, while he’s lost ground to Trump, he’s still way out in second place while all the other contenders are fighting for crumbs.

Hard to blame people for quietly noting where the emergency exits are located, though. It wasn’t supposed to be this way:

It seems like the more people get to know Ron DeSantis, the less they like him. This is the part where I should join in the mockery, but to be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever identified with a politician so much in my life.

Everyone does seem to like Tim Scott, though.

Well, not everybody - the fact that he comes across as psychologically relatively normal shouldn’t blind you to most of his political beliefs being pretty far to the right, and his skin color makes him a target for grotesque racist taunts, sometimes even from conservatives.

But some Republican heavy hitters who bit big on DeSantis are…

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