I realize that many people are probably sick of hearing about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now that he's fallen in the polls and looks less like a real threat to win the GOP presidential nomination. He's an unpleasant person and it's vaguely uncomfortable to even read about him which is no doubt why his slide has invited what seems like dozens of new entrants into the race. They all now think they could be in second place in case Trump trips on the golf course and breaks a hip. It's still quite early in the process, DeSantis has a lot of money and is, by all accounts, putting together a serious campaign so it's too early to write him off. But there's no need to dwell on his candidacy quite as much now that he's lost his luster.
Still, it's probably a good idea to continue to keep an eye on DeSantis regardless of his presidential ambitions. Of all the candidates, he best represents the next generation of GOP leaders and his political philosophy is something quite new for the Republican Party. It's not the conservatism that dominated the GOP since the 1950s but neither is it Trumpism, to the extent that such a thing even exists without Trump. It's a whole new ballgame.
As he has done in Florida, DeSantis plans to use the massive power of the government to inflict his own ideology on the country by force.
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