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Jeff Roe’s Declaration & The DeSantis Inner Circle

News and notes on the G.O.P.’s early ’24 arms race, the dark horse beneficiaries of the Trump-DeSantis cage match, Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA playbook, and more.

In many ways, Ron DeSantis’s inner circle is really only composed of himself and his wife, Casey.
In many ways, Ron DeSantis’s inner circle is really only composed of himself and his wife, Casey. Photo: Michael Reaves/Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
&
Peter Hamby
March 7, 2023

We’re about six months away from the first G.O.P. primary debate and the jockeying and positioning within the 2024 field feels a little stunted. The counting of the first ballots is less than one year away. So in what is fast becoming a weekly tradition around here, I reached out to my partner Peter Hamby to discuss the different considerations for each candidate about when to enter the race, their emerging strategic lanes, and how the much-anticipated Trump–DeSantis slugfest factors into it all. Plus, how DeSantis’s former staffers could be a boon to Trump and how Biden’s student loan relief struggles may affect his reelect.