Is the Ron DeSantis hype real or just a meme?

[jdk]

Its as real as the Chris Christie hype from 2013. Doesn't mean it won't last untill 2024 but we've seen many prospective presidential candidates get hyped up only to sputter out before Iowa.

So as long as he doesn't close down any bridges, he's good. I really think Christie would have easily gotten the nomination and won the White House if not for Bridgegate.

Bridgegate started the decline but he made so many political mistakes during his second term as governor that I'm not sure he'd have gotten the nomination anyway.

Plus a lot of the hype around him came in the wake of the way he stepped up after Sandy, that wouldn't have lasted all the way until 2016

[jdk]

Desantis is that guy who is gonna be hyped up a lot, but then drop out before Iowa, bookmark me, IDC. I actually want to see how this comment will age

I see him as that candidate who's campaign falls apart due to a poor debate performance.  If he emerges as a frontrunner, he'll have the other candidates targeting him on the debate stage.  And we've constantly seen how easily he gets rattled and loses his composure.  What's going to happen when one of the other candidates goes after him, or the moderator asks him a difficult question, and he completely melts down and throws a temper tantrum on the debate stage like he always does anytime he's challenged, or gets the slightest bit of criticism