He just oozes “I was a dorky valedictorian and you all made fun of me, now I’m a billionaire with a hot wife and everyone is gonna pay” energy.the viv is obviously crazy smart. his cv evidences same. but damn four years of that dude would feel like dog years. guy is incredibly annoying. watching him interact during the handshaking post debate a douchebag as well.
That said, hopefully he has a future in the GOP. His foreign policy needs to cook a little longer in my opinion but his instincts are great and I love his ideas about the administrative state and the border.
I don’t think he was expecting the Haley, Christie, Pence neocon triumvirate to set their sights on him to the extent they did. He’ll be more prepared next debate. Pence and Haley talking over him was obnoxious.
I was pleasantly surprised by Haley last night. She thread a few needles beautifully. Trump support without being a sycophant, pro-Ukraine without being a NeoCon. I appreciated her honesty in abortion although Republicans should hold Democrats feet to the fire on 15 weeks for gamesmanship. She somehow espoused very conservative positions in a way that wasn’t alienating to sane Democrats. I still think she would have Americans boots in the Middle East within a year. Possibly in Iran.
DeSantis was fine. I don’t think this helped or hurt him. Which is a win because this really isn’t his format. The less people in the room the better he does.