Opinion by Henry Olsen: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a risky strategy to defeat Donald Trump: Run to the former president’s right. It’s a tactic that has a long history of failure in presidential primaries — yet this time, it might just work.
, Mike Pence or Chris Christie as their second choice. But they might just hold their nose and back the Florida governor in a final contest with Trump.
This means DeSantis’s gamble has some chance of success. If he can dislodge some supporters from Trump’s ideological base, he would also likely gain with the MAGA-fied party center and thus secure his position in the final round. He can then hope moderate non-Trumpers switch to him despite any misgivings they might have.A lot could go wrong with this strategy.
Even still, DeSantis’s strategy could work, even if improbable. And especially after Trump’s rise and Biden’s resurrection following his victory in the South Carolina primary, the improbable should not be ruled out.
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