This is about to be a fantastic political science experiment in figuring out who actually runs a modern American party and specifically the Republican Party.
David Frum: “This is about to be a fantastic political science experiment in figuring out who actually runs a modern American party…”
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Frum discusses the dynamics of power within the Republican Party as DeSantis and Trump vie for influence.
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DeSantis has one win on COVID, which is, he opened the schools in Florida early. And that looks like a right decision that a lot of people are going to be grateful for.
This is a big defeat, and it's not just the mechanics of voter turnout, although those were bad.
Look, he's got the money advantage. I think he will be the nominee. And I think of the people the party could have chosen, he would be the strongest president, and I think he'd be a fine president.
I invite your viewers to think, what will all of this be like in a few months if the speaker of the House is a Republican, which could well happen, and if the leadership of the House of Representatives and half -- and maybe the Senate too…