MILWAUKEE — THE DEBATE RON DESANTIS NEEDS TO WIN. The Republican presidential field that will take the stage here at the Fiserv Forum Wednesday night is made up of several sub-groups. There is the who-are-these-guys? group, with Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.…
MILWAUKEE — THE DEBATE RON DESANTIS NEEDS TO WIN. The Republican presidential field that will take the stage here at the Fiserv Forum Wednesday night is made up of several sub-groups. There is the who-are-these-guys? group, with Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is probably still in the who-are-these-guys? group, even though he has made significant progress toward climbing out.
Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine that will keep you up to date with what's going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! The stakes vary wildly for each candidate. What happens if the who-are-these-guys? group doesn't do well? Not a lot — they stay at the bottom and perhaps leave the race earlier than they otherwise would have. Of that group, Ramaswamy has something to lose from a lackluster performance, having risen in the national GOP polls. And what if Christie doesn't impress? Well, he's just in it for one thing, the Trump crusade.
DeSantis spent a lot of time preparing for a debate in which Trump would participate. But he always believed that he, DeSantis, would be the prime target of his fellow candidates even if Trump were onstage. And, of course, Trump himself could have been counted on to trash DeSantis at every opportunity. Plus, most of the other candidates would have been too afraid to attack Trump in a way they would happily attack DeSantis.
Other candidates have lost support, but not as much as DeSantis. Haley has lost nearly half her support — she hit 6.3% in March and is at 3.2% today. Pence's support fell from 7% in February to 4% today. Proportionately, those are big falls, but not quite as big as DeSantis and nowhere near as big in absolute numbers.
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