Governor Ron DeSantis Endorses Senate
Candidate Joe O’Dea, Who Vows to Campaign
Against Donald Trump
The Conservative Treehouse,
by
Sundance
Original Article
Posted By: jdr,
10/24/2022 1:15:11 AM
A week ago, Colorado senate republican candidate Joe O’Dea said on CNN, “I don’t think Donald Trump should run again.” He quickly added, ” I’m going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we have got four or five really great Republicans right now; Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott.”
President Trump blasted O’Dea the following day. Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis picked Joe O’Dea as his only 2022 endorsed senate candidate, recording a robocall for O’Dea that says, “Hello this is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. America needs strong leadership and desperately. That’s why I’m endorsing Joe O’Dea for U.S. Senate. Colorado, please vote for Joe O’Dea.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 10/24/2022 1:19:39 AM (No. 1312577)
For certain, Haley is no good, and I don't much trust Scott.
This O'Dea sounds like Deep State.....so, this throws some real shade on DeSantis, IMO.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/24/2022 1:38:45 AM (No. 1312584)
Uh oh, this does not sound good. What the Republican Party does not need is a fight between the two big dogs. After reading the article, especially the list of actions taken by DeSantis, I am afraid that is where we are heading. It’s a real shame too because I thought DeSantis really was one of us but his actions and sources of support tell me otherwise. I just do not understand how anyone could fall in with the establishment after everything we have seen them do. I trust Sundance and do not believe he would put false information out there. What a waste of talent when ultimately it is used to protect the status quo.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Moritz55 10/24/2022 1:47:38 AM (No. 1312588)
I think “someone” added 2 + 2 and came up with 5. Did it occur to anyone that there might be reasons De Santis would try to get a Republican elected that have nothing to do with President Trump?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
GardenGal 10/24/2022 1:59:26 AM (No. 1312594)
I agree. I don;t think DeSantis is saying anything about 2024
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LadyVet 10/24/2022 2:06:32 AM (No. 1312596)
Mitch McConnell and friends have low expectations. He wants just enough to have a majority. 51 is good enough for him and he will settle for 49 or 50. Others would like enough to override vetoes.
This endorsement is for the Republican in the general election. This is NOT a primary.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 10/24/2022 3:41:52 AM (No. 1312602)
Joe O'RINO is not a republican/conservative.
He repeats never-trumper/Democrat nonsense.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rama41 10/24/2022 3:56:16 AM (No. 1312607)
Yes! Joe O'Dea understands Colorado.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
judy 10/24/2022 4:16:26 AM (No. 1312609)
Nikki...No...Tim Scott.....No..O'Dea....No
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
RedLegLeader68 10/24/2022 5:18:06 AM (No. 1312613)
Why did DeSantis feel it necessary to do this?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 10/24/2022 5:35:14 AM (No. 1312618)
Sundance speaks Truth since we met him from Chicago years ago regarding Zero back then. He is articulate, sharp and trustworthy.
Donald Trump never had to get involved in politics, but he did because as a wise, astute, articulate, honest and intelligent international businessman, he recognized the coming downfall of America which he truly loves by the evil Soros’ and money-hungry Dems and Rinos of our world. DJT has lost thankfully only some of his personal wealth in his fight to Make America Great Again.
No One in history except our Founding Fathers loves and works harder for The American People than Donald John Trump. Watch his rallies and his coat-tails already these last few months.
Sadly, Desantis IMHO has joined the McCarthy-McConnell team. Not good!
TBIYTC
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 10/24/2022 5:45:13 AM (No. 1312624)
O'dea is THE Republican Candidate. DeSantis wants him to win. This is not about dissing Donald Trump.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/24/2022 6:04:51 AM (No. 1312645)
DeSantis gains nothing from this endorsement. On the contrary, it is a net loss for him. Many times, most of the time it seems, it is better to do nothing.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
spacer 10/24/2022 6:18:11 AM (No. 1312660)
President Trump backed Oz over Barnette and Oz immediately went into rino mode. I thought President trump was wrong, still do But Oz just might pull this out. Barnette would have put Fetterman away in the first week.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BarryNo 10/24/2022 6:55:26 AM (No. 1312679)
I'm not ready to judge, yet.
I will say we don't need 'yes' men. Healthy opposition is good for the party. You must have eyes open in this business.
If Trump runs in 2024, I will vote for him. My only beef is he did not vet his cabinet choices. He was too naive. Whoever is the next president must say, "you're connected to DC establishment, aren't you? NEXT!..."
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
BarryNo 10/24/2022 6:57:55 AM (No. 1312681)
If you select any Swamp Critters, know where their skeletons are buried and use that like a club, a 'big stick' as Teddy once put it, to keep them in line. Be ruthless if they step out of it.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Msquared112 10/24/2022 6:59:49 AM (No. 1312682)
The country’s Republicans are not united on Trump’s appeal for 2024. Maybe DeSantis is saying less about Trump and more about needing some new blood. After all, much as Trump was a superb POTUS policy wise, he is a little old about now and in 2024, he’ll be a good bit older. I suggest we don’t jump ugly on DeSantis until we see this story shake down a bit more.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 10/24/2022 7:23:20 AM (No. 1312699)
FTA: "Ron DeSantis is increasingly being exposed by his own actions/inactions and the actions of others. Let us not pretend any longer."
DeSantis is being controlled by the GOPe, and they are in cahoots with the Left. That's why it's called the Uniparty. Trump wants to fix the problems in this country. The GOPe just wants to retain their control.
I will NEVER choose DeSantis over Trump.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
geo11 10/24/2022 7:46:56 AM (No. 1312710)
The people backing DeSantis for POTUS are the same folks that funded Shrub Bush. DeSantis is a good governor but he is not MAGA. He has one foot in the swamp and if he runs he will be obligated to maintain the status quo. The money train in DC must not be interrupted.
DeSantis is smart enough to know that running against Trump will end badly for him. President Trump has a nickname already picked out for RD.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 10/24/2022 7:50:38 AM (No. 1312713)
Can't DeSantis support who he wants to? Like some posters have said, there are choices that Donald Trump made that didn't make sense. I am not lockstep with Donald Trump in everything he does. And that pretty much sums up government for me, too and most of that has to do with government thinking they are a substitute for God.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
PCMM 10/24/2022 7:53:52 AM (No. 1312717)
Ugh …
As a DeSantis supporter, this really hurts. Karl Rove and crew are endorsing Shapiro in PA. The never-Trumpers are coming out of the closet once again. Painful to watch.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 10/24/2022 7:58:41 AM (No. 1312720)
#20 asked: "Can't DeSantis support who he wants to?"
Maybe not, at least not since he teamed up with the GOPe. Read Sundance's post: "The Managing of DeSantis, Five Days in the Bunker and a New Press Secretary"
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/12/the-managing-of-desantis-five-days-in-the-bunker-and-a-new-press-secretary/
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 10/24/2022 8:02:00 AM (No. 1312723)
...says the reflexive Bush Rove Romney resident voice who believes the sun revolves around the establishment wing of the Republican Party.
We really need leadership from the private sector, skeptical of power and government , and not of the Yale and Harvard secret societies of mediocre and well connected.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Daisymay 10/24/2022 8:04:26 AM (No. 1312724)
What a way to start the week! We need BOTH Trump and DeSantis in our Corner. I live in Florida and I will tell you DeSantis is a Great Governor and would be a Great President. I have been behind Trump from Day One and I don't want DeSantis to run against him! Nobody says he will and we shouldn't start bashing DeSantis because IF Trump does Not run, DeSantis WILL most likely run and he WILL win! Articles like this will simply tear apart our Party! Soon we will see Articles stating Trump is too old, too deep in Troubles from all sides regarding his Businesses and the FBI. We could go on and on bashing Trump for constantly whining about the 2020 Election being stolen (we all know it was), or for constantly bragging about great he is. You get what I'm saying? We should NOT be bashing EITHER of our potential Candidates for 2024 because when the time comes to begin campaigning, BOTH of our Candidates will be battered and it will be hard to put Either of them up against a Democrat. Not a good move on our part! Trump has a right to win and finish what he started, but DeSantis is the Young Face of the Republican Party. Lets not Bash Either of them! If they do happen to Both Run, against each other, I guess we will see what the Voters want to do! We want a Win, not a Democrat walking into the Oval Office, smiling, because we killed our Own!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Yuban 10/24/2022 8:20:59 AM (No. 1312733)
But but but, bashing one another is what the Republicans do. Until God is put back in control of America, it doesn't matter who the President is, America will continue to decline.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
felixcat 10/24/2022 8:21:49 AM (No. 1312734)
Not sure why DeSantis is weighing in on a Senate race in Colorado. Governor - I can see. As for posters here who say the GOP shouldn't rotate around Trump, well, what about the Dems rotating and rotating around Obama and Hillary? But if the GOP rotated around someone like Larry Hogan of Maryland - you would be happy.
I like Desantis. In many ways, he is superior to Trump - he knows how to attack his critics with style and none of the bluster and spittle (figuratively). And on the other hand, not sure why O'Dea made it a priority to say he is campaigning against Trump. O'Dea should first focus on getting elected to the Senate before he starts weighing ion on Republican politics at the national level.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 10/24/2022 8:25:59 AM (No. 1312739)
#24 I am not bashing DeSantis. However, I am facing reality: DeSantis is now being managed by the GOPe.
FTA: "Ron DeSantis is a generally good governor, but he is being dishonest in his national intents."
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Just stop trying to start a fight between DeSantis and Trump. So stupid.
So DeSantis endorses a RINO. Happens. Trump has endorsed plenty of RINOS and even anti-trumper backstabbers like Judas Romney. Sometimes you have to back the mediocre over the evil. Think France over Nazi Germany. Or the mistake Carter made by not backing the mediocre Shah of Iran over the Twelver Wackos.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 10/24/2022 8:52:53 AM (No. 1312753)
I don't like this. Something smells. But in all likelhood, the Peoples Republic of Denver will make sure O'Dea loses. So only slight concern here.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 10/24/2022 9:09:44 AM (No. 1312764)
Also some speculation that this is a headfake by O'Dea to draw needed votes from the deep state crowd?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Kitty Myers 10/24/2022 9:12:59 AM (No. 1312767)
Let's be clear about this: DeSantis has aligned himself with the people who are determined to getting rid of Trump. The same people who support doing anything, legal or otherwise, to eliminate Trump. And it's not just Trump they want to eliminate, they want to eliminate the MAGA supporters as well. As Sundance says, there are TRILLION$ at stake.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/24/2022 9:24:56 AM (No. 1312778)
There you have it; the fork in the road appears.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
smokincol 10/24/2022 9:25:49 AM (No. 1312779)
the repubs can't walk and chew gum at the same time so how can anyone conceive of the idea that they can coalesce around our President for the future of this country - do they really deserve to win the house and senate? it sure as hell doesn't look like they want to
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 10/24/2022 9:25:55 AM (No. 1312780)
I think DeSantis just wants the democrat to not win. This isn’t a play against Trump. We need a majority in the Senate.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 10/24/2022 9:28:03 AM (No. 1312787)
If, after winning the election, DeSantis announces sometime next year he is running for president, then he is showing his true colors. We'll see.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 10/24/2022 9:48:34 AM (No. 1312808)
The good news is when DJT wins for the third time, he knows to completely clean house [and DC] of all the un-loyal, including all GS employees, who have their own agendas. [Having worked for a Senate subcommittee with 9 Senators, we are well-aware of the many swamp shenanigans!]
No doubt he will mostly work from the Mar Lago White House, and rarely go to DC!
TBIYTC
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
chillijilli 10/24/2022 10:10:00 AM (No. 1312825)
Are we really this stupid? JUST when we have an amazing red tsunami in sight in 351 HOURS? Shouldn't we stay focused on that and not participate in a circular firing squad about what we think should happen in 743 DAYS?
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 10/24/2022 10:22:17 AM (No. 1312840)
Bad move Ron. I'm thinking you would want to pull that endorsement if I were you.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 10/24/2022 10:54:57 AM (No. 1312869)
Last week George W. Bush campaigned for O'Dea, so yeah, we pretty much know this guy is a Deep State Globalist. I wouldn't be surprised if a serious investigation finds some Schwab / WEF money behind him too. like is behind Haley.
I Kind of liked DeSantis up to now but this was is a questionable decision
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Solid_Oak 10/24/2022 10:58:07 AM (No. 1312874)
Let's see, DeSantis is supporting a Republican in a general election against a Democrat. Trump gets upset because he doesn't like the Republican and doesn't want him to win. Ergo, Trump would rather see a Democrat win a Senate seat than a Republican. By extension Trump is helping Chuck Shumer's efforts to maintain control of the Senate. I've supported Trump in the past, but I'm tired of his ego trips and his vendettas against Republicans.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 10/24/2022 11:32:52 AM (No. 1312905)
That’s an awful lot of vitriol to pour out over a single Robocall support ad. Whether we like him or not, there is exactly one Republican running in that Senate race. Would you seriously rather a Democrat held that seat? Party purity purges communists and fascist do. DeSantis’ move is smart for the Party and the Nation.
Or would you rather have a few more own-goals like osoff and warnock? How’s that working out?
I supported PJT twice. I support him now. But the GOP pre-dated him, it will exist long after he is gone, and it is much more than him. Trump has done great things, but his ego is an Achilles heel in national politics. Defeating whoever is pulling Joe Biden’s puppet strings must be our very top priority.. Even if the imperfect instruments doing so offend Trump, Sundance, you, or me.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Bramaw 10/24/2022 11:33:49 AM (No. 1312907)
Colorado has become a blue state, but a Republican is getting close to upsetting Governor Polis. O'Dea may be a rino but he is the republican in the race and needs to beat Michael Bennett. Up until last weekend nobody knew he was such an anti-trumper. Strange that it would come up so close to the election. At this point he is better than the alternative.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Zigrid 10/24/2022 11:39:25 AM (No. 1312916)
I don't give a rat's patootie what o'dea thinks...President Trump is the people's choice and I really don't care what the never trumpers think...GO MAGA....Haley is a back stabber and Scott has his head up his posterior most of the time....so peddle your rinos someplace else...WE ain't buying...until President Trump tells ME...he's finished...I'm carrying his water.....didn't you love the National Anthem at the Trump rally...spontaneous and wonderful...I stood up in my living room and sang along with the crowd...let's remember that nervous Nancy's political hostages sing it every night in the nightmare jail in DC...hey Nancy...let my people go!!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/24/2022 12:00:55 PM (No. 1312935)
Why would anyone torpedo a Republican running against Bennet?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/24/2022 12:05:48 PM (No. 1312938)
(hit submit too soon)
It is too early to be prognosticating about 2024. We have two fine men. A wealth of political riches in that. The Democrats have Biden and Buttsky.
We also have coming out of the woodwork at least one resident #NeverTrumper. Soon their alter egos will show up. The eledtion was bound to draw them out…
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/24/2022 12:11:27 PM (No. 1312940)
Re #14,
"Pro-MAGA Pa. Candidate Kathy Barnette Throws Key Support to Dr. Oz”
https://headlineusa.com/kathy-barnette-throws-support-oz/
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Trapper 10/24/2022 12:34:56 PM (No. 1312956)
When DeSantis was in Congress he voted "yes" to fast-track TPP. That is all we need to know. China had already been invited to become part of the TPP, and all member countries would be required to conform their internal laws to the regulations put in place by the Trans Pacific Commission. That would have been the end of American sovereignty, and DeSantis voted FOR it. Trump took us out of TPP soon after he was elected Presiodent.
Trump 2024
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
John Farson 10/24/2022 12:41:23 PM (No. 1312968)
The smart move would be for The two to join forces and let Trump run for President and DeSantis Vice President. The understanding would be Trump would serve four years then back DeSantis for the next two terms.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
cThree 10/24/2022 12:45:41 PM (No. 1312976)
Thank you, #24 You saved me a lot of typing.
I'm also a Floridian. I have no trouble supporting both Trump and DeSantis right now, and when I read sundance describe DeSantis as a "generally good governor," I think sundance has taken leave of his senses. Temporarily I hope.
Recall, please, that DeSantis squeaked into office over Gillum, but now looks to be leading a landslide against the vainglorious Crist. He has faced nasty headwinds and has grown tougher. Jeb shrank, looking back.
Purists like to chew up impure candidates. Progressives do it, and it looks like sundance would do it, too.
I don't know the Colorado race, but it looks like O'Dea is losing, and I don't see a Trump purist in the race. I do see a Democrat, though, and if DeSantis's endorsement helps, God bless him. Trump obviously can't push O'Dea.
I don't think DeSantis has any pull in CO, but a longshot win would be wonderful.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
49 Ford 10/24/2022 1:28:23 PM (No. 1313024)
All DeSantis has done is endorse the Republican candidate in a general election in a blue state.
What is the big deal about that?
Honest to heaven, some people go so deep in the weeds looking for cosmic significance in a completely ordinary act of professional politics.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
deerejon 10/24/2022 4:24:48 PM (No. 1313139)
I'll bet the Democrats are just loving this.Keep on fighting kids.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Kafka2 10/24/2022 4:25:50 PM (No. 1313141)
I agree with #2. We do not need any circular firing squads in the Republican ranks. Both Trump and DeSantis are competent leaders. But, unlike Trump, DeSantis doesn’t feel he has to counter attack every time someone says something he doesn’t like. In this regard, Trump is his own worst enemy, because this gave the MSM plenty of ammunition to paint him as “orange man bad” while, at the same time, the MSM suppressed all the scandal about the Bidens.
I have come to believe that the MSM’s chicanery had a more profound effect on the results of the last presidential election than any tampering with ballots.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
sagman 10/24/2022 5:21:58 PM (No. 1313175)
This is insane. Control of the Senate might hinge on O'Dea winning the seat. I don't give a rat's rear end what he thinks of Donald Trump. I wish DJT had said, "I'm sorry he feels that way about me, but I still prefer him over the Democrat." Blasting O'Dea for his lack of fealty looked petty and vindictive. DeSantis
is looking at the big picture.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
garyhope 10/24/2022 7:12:25 PM (No. 1313228)
DeSantis should knock it off with the Trump BS and be the VP for Trump next go around and then be the POTUS after Trump's next and last Term. Trump should finish his next and last term before DeSantis gets his shot.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 10/24/2022 8:04:47 PM (No. 1313262)
Suck it up, pubbie voters, get a grip, and put down the sniping and narrow-mindedness and vote for O'Dea. Wake up and understand what is the long game here, folks. Hint: don't want to put words in your mouth but does pubbie control of the Senate ring a bell?
PS: Yes, all is not lost. The pubbies can replace Turtle as majority leader next year.
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First, we must take Schumer’s and Pelosi’s majorities away. Then we can sideline the RINOs. Our primaries will always result in a few less-than-optimal choices out there somewhere, but until we have solid veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers, we still have to vote for every Republican, up and down the ballot. To do otherwise is effectively a vote for the Democrat. And principles or no, voting for Democrats is voting against the USA. O’Dea is preferable to Bennet. You know it, I know it, and Sundance knows it. And unfortunately, like it or not, various ill-advised internet proclamations like this latest are a large factor in the Democrats’ ability in 2020 to capitalize on their strategic margin of overwhelming fraud that outnumbered the Republicans’ margin of sitting it out. Don’t be part of the sequel in 2022 or ever; go vote for O’Dea (vote against Schumer’s retaining the majority) even if you have to hold your nose.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
49 Ford 10/25/2022 6:45:28 AM (No. 1313489)
Well said, # 57
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
Zigrid 10/25/2022 10:35:50 AM (No. 1313724)
This was a very disappointing turn of events...if desantis thinks he can pull supporters away from President Trump...he is mistaken...and some never trumpers who got to him have sold him a bill of goods...because until President Trump says he's not running...he has my support....and based on President Trump's rallies ...I am not alone...
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O'Dea is such a long shot that if he wins it will be because a red wave has swept a lot of candidates into office who are much better.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 10/25/2022 10:36:26 AM (No. 1313726)
Let us also remember that we have a mid-term election coming up 14 days from now NOT a Republican Presidental primary.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
bobn.t 10/25/2022 5:00:24 PM (No. 1314139)
That closes the deal with Odea.
No vote from me.
He's playing dirty against the Repub gov candidate in Colorado.
Odea is toast.
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