Welcome to the biggest week of the Republican presidential campaign so far. Even without Donald Trump on the stage, this Wednesday’s G.O.P. debate in Milwaukee will be our first opportunity to see if Ron DeSantis—and the rest of the Republican field—is actually up to the titanic challenge of taking on Trump for the nomination. Despite what you may have seen on MSNBC, DeSantis isn’t dead yet, which is something I learned during a reporting trip to Iowa last week. And it turns out Trump might actually be more vulnerable than you think. More on that below.
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Welcome to the biggest week of the Republican presidential campaign so far. Even without Donald Trump on the stage, this Wednesday’s G.O.P. debate in Milwaukee will be our first opportunity to see if Ron DeSantis—and the rest of the Republican field—is actually up to the titanic challenge of taking on Trump for the nomination. Despite what you may have seen on MSNBC, DeSantis isn’t dead yet, which is something I learned during a reporting trip to Iowa last week. And it turns out Trump might actually be more vulnerable than you think. More on that below.
But first, a dispatch from Tara Palmeri…
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- The Youngkin Fantasy Returns: As Ron DeSantis’s campaign sputters, the prospect of Glenn Youngkin joining the race is electrifying the megadonor class. Among them is...
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| Down But Not Out in Iowa |
| Scenes from the State Fair, where Vivek is the new Buttigieg, DeSantis keeps getting friend-zoned, the Trump-Scott ticket is a veritable conservative fantasy, and voters are decidedly undecided ahead of this week’s G.O.P. debate. |
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| When a battery of detailed pre-debate documents from the Ron DeSantis super PAC “Never Back Down” found its way into the hands of the national press last week, my texts lit up with an intriguing theory: Was it a headfake? The docs had been quietly posted on the website of Axiom Strategies, the firm operated by Jeff Roe, the strategist running the pro-DeSantis outside group. Because the DeSantis campaign and the super PAC can’t technically coordinate, it was assumed that... |
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