Earlier this month I suggested Governor DeSantis’ (R-FL) Presidential dreams, at least for 2024, were little more than ashes. Right on queue, I am given to understand, DeSantis’ announcement of his run for the GOP nomination took place yesterday, and was unimpressive.
The start of a much-anticipated Twitter event in which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis planned to announce his 2024 Republican presidential bid was repeatedly disrupted Wednesday when Twitter’s servers apparently could not handle the surge in traffic.
The app crashed repeatedly as Twitter users tried to listen to the event where Twitter owner Elon Musk joined DeSantis for the announcement.
DeSantis eventually was able to speak, about 20 minutes after the scheduled start, after Musk closed the initial Twitter Spaces event and started a second one on the app. That space attracted about 161,000 users, according to Twitter’s public-facing data, as DeSantis read a short speech. [NBC News]
All consonant with the general fourth-rate quality of GOP officials. Before my readers assail me about technical glitches, I’ll note that, quite often, bad attracts bad. For example, find one bug in some computer code, chances are above average that another lurks in that code path.
And that glitch, oddly enough, is an opportunity for DeSantis. The poor official entry into the race puts him on his back foot, yes, but it also lets him demonstrate resilience and flexibility. Shake out the screw ups, have a good yell at Musk, etc etc, and those independents who value some sign off competence – of which DeSantis has exhibited little – and he may attract the votes necessary from the independents.
In fact, he might find MAGA voters much more difficult to attract than independent voters, and that’s a completely separate problem.
I’ve still written DeSantis off, but he’s had opportunity handed to him. Can he do anything with it?
