Heading into the first Republican presidential debate, it was expected that as the highest-polling candidate on the stage, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) would either have a target on his back or dominate the proceedings.
UP FOR DEBATE: WHERE TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND REST OF REPUBLICAN 2024 FIELD STAND ON KEY ISSUES
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was pugnacious and eloquent, but former President Donald Trump's absence and audience boos robbed some of his patented attack lines of their potency. DeSantis wanted to prove he was the most conservative candidate in the room. He certainly had the most conservative debate strategy.
But it is at least as likely that DeSantis’s failure to take charge of the debate will let other candidates back into the race and further fracture the non-Trump vote. Ramaswamy has been nipping at DeSantis’s heels in national polls. If that begins to show up in the early states, it is going to become a problem.
DeSantis’s campaign at times feels as if it is counting as much as anyone else’s on Trump collapsing under the sheer weight of numerous legal predicaments.
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