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DeSantis Bets on Iowa Caucuses to Keep Him Afloat in GOP Nomination Race
1Jan By adminNo Comments
World

DeSantis Bets on Iowa Caucuses to Keep Him Afloat in GOP Nomination Race

Dec. 31, 2023 11:01 am ETELKADER, Iowa—With the Iowa caucuses fast approaching, Ron DeSantis is betting heavily on a strong performance in the state to preserve his viability in the Republican nomination race as he faces a drumbeat of questions about his campaign strategy. DeSantis is polling neck and neck with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in Iowa in their quest for second place behind the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, but DeSantis lags behind Haley in New Hampshire and South Carolina, where voters will make their picks in late January and February, respectively. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending, but promises ‘major’ upset in Iowa
27Dec By adminNo Comments
Health

Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending, but promises ‘major’ upset in Iowa

The presidential campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the conspiracy-loving biotech entrepreneur staging an upstart Republican run for president, has paused spending on TV advertisements, an unusual move at a critical juncture in the GOP White House primary. But Ramaswamy’s campaign said that reducing its presence on broadcast and cable TV will allow it to pour resources into digital ad buys that it suggested would lead to a staggering upset win for the candidate on Jan. 15 in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. Ramaswamy appears to be far behind in the state, and political analysts see no pathway to victory for him. “We are not spending on broadcast/cable. We are spending on digital,” Tricia McLaughlin, a campaign spokeswoman, said in a text message to the Daily News on Wednesday, adding that...
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DeSantis Strategist Steps Down, in Latest Sign of Campaign Turmoil
17Dec By adminNo Comments
World

DeSantis Strategist Steps Down, in Latest Sign of Campaign Turmoil

WASHINGTON—Internal turmoil continued for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential bid as a top strategist resigned over the weekend, the latest departure in a campaign beset with missteps and personality clashes.Jeff Roe, who led the Never Back Down super PAC handling an outsize role in the campaign, resigned Saturday night, citing critical comments from another official with the group in a story by the Washington Post.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Top Strategist For Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Resigns Less Than A Month Before Iowa Caucuses
17Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

Top Strategist For Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Resigns Less Than A Month Before Iowa Caucuses

NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis′ campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses.Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back Down, is the latest senior staffer to exit Never Back Down, which has been the largest outside group supporting DeSantis’ candidacy.He announced his departure on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, hours after The Washington Post published a story focused on internal disputes and suspicions between Never Back Down, the campaign, and other DeSantis allies that included accusations of “mismanagement and conduct issues, including numerous unauthorized leaks containing false informati...
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Ron DeSantis Sides With Man Who Destroyed Satanic Temple Statue At Iowa State Capitol
17Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

Ron DeSantis Sides With Man Who Destroyed Satanic Temple Statue At Iowa State Capitol

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) jumped to the defense of a former Mississippi congressional candidate charged with vandalizing a controversial satanic display put up at Iowa’s state Capitol building.“Satan has no place in our society and should not be recognized as a ‘religion’ by the federal government,” DeSantis wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. “Good prevails over evil — that’s the American spirit.” The Satanic Temple received permission earlier this month to set up a shrine on the first floor of the Iowa State Capitol for two weeks. According to the Des Moines Register, such statues are permitted under state rules governing religious displays in the building.The shrine included an altar with the temple’s “seven fundamental tenets” and its seal surrounded by electric candles, alon...
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Can Nikki Haley’s ‘Strategy of Conviction’ Beat Trump?
10Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Can Nikki Haley’s ‘Strategy of Conviction’ Beat Trump?

New YorkNikki Haley has a theory about Donald Trump. When he “senses one ounce of weakness, he topples you,” she says. If he runs into “any amount of strength, he walks away from you.” Mr. Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations is describing how she plans to confront—and defeat—her old boss in the Republican presidential primary. “I’m not movable when it comes to what I believe, and I call you out like it is. He knows that.” Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Iowa GOP Drops Blunt Fact Check On Casey DeSantis’ Wild Claim About Caucuses
9Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

Iowa GOP Drops Blunt Fact Check On Casey DeSantis’ Wild Claim About Caucuses

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The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates
9Dec By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

The Anti-Spectacle of the Republican Debates

What were the takeaways from the final Republican debate of the year? Who won? Who lost? Were the various gaffes forgettable, or can they lodge themselves in the addled brain of a viewer in Iowa or New Hampshire, lasting there in the grooves well into mid-January, when she will go to put in her vote? Was that candidate’s feeble command of the lectern in Tuscaloosa—or in Milwaukee or Miami before it—a preview of a career of wannabe tyranny? Are there heels hidden in his boots? Paraphrasing some of the punditry response to the Republican debates is not done scornfully. Everyone has a job to do, and everyone, from the press to the moderators to the shrinking crowd of hopeful extremists shouting over one another on a lit stage, has worked in tedious harmony, these past several months, to fill...
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