A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis often talks about doing the “Full Grassley” in his quest to visit all 99 Iowa counties. But the octogenarian Senator for whom that gimmick is named thinks the Florida Governor can’t win the 2024 Republican nomination.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is telling media that Donald Trump is likely to prevail in the end, a timely observation given that his state’s Governor is mobilizing her political machine in favor of DeSantis.
“Right now, I’d say it looks like Trump’s going to carry it,” Grassley told Burgess Everett.
The Senator’s comments come as DeSantis, who has embraced an Iowa-centric campaign strategy, has been trumpeting arguably the most significant endorsement in the Hawkeye State from Gov. Kim Reynolds.
On Tuesday in Davenport, Reynolds extolled DeSantis as the “most effective leader” that she has “ever seen” and a “fighter,” continuing a narrative theme established in recent days.
“If we don’t choose right, we are not going to get this country back,” Reynolds said at a Monday rally with DeSantis in Des Moines.
Reynolds claimed America needs a President who “puts this country first and not himself” and that “leader is Ron DeSantis.”
She extolled their shared commitment to fight COVID-19 mitigation and vaccination pressures, saying they fought “unbelievable pressure, even from the White House.” DeSantis, said Reynolds, stood up to both the “liberal media” and the “Trump administration” in that effort, “acting on real science and not on fear.”
While polls haven’t been released in Iowa in the wake of Reynolds’ decision, the previous surveys suggested a lopsided landscape.
Trump leads by nearly 30 points in the most recent Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll of the race.
Though Grassley isn’t endorsing Trump, what’s clear is that he’s not confident that the field can close gaps in his state and others in time to matter.
17 comments
Michael K
November 8, 2023 at 10:50 am
Kim Reynolds doesn’t know the DeSanti very well if she thinks they are putting “country first.” They – with Casey driving the clown car – are putting themselves and their delusions of another Camelot, above all else, and at great expense to Florida taxpayers.
My Take
November 8, 2023 at 10:59 am
“Kim Reynolds doesn’t know the DeSanti very well if she thinks they are putting “country first”
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My immediate thought too.
My Take
November 8, 2023 at 10:54 am
DeSSlantis has to be gambling on the faìr chance of Trump’s tripping. Probably legally.
I’ll bet there ihas been a real fear that if he drops out, Trump will keel the next month, week, or day.
But really, nothing looks imminent.
Impeach Biden
November 8, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Biden will keel long before Trump. He is the walking dead right now. An embarrassment to this country.
Tom
November 8, 2023 at 1:18 pm
Biden is well past his use by date but is no more embarrassing than trump and if those two are the best we have to offer, then it’s America that should feel embarrassed frankly.
MH/Duuuval
November 8, 2023 at 1:47 pm
Grassley is 90 — I’m betting on him to die first, although Biden is carrying a far heavier work load.
Silly Wabbit
November 8, 2023 at 4:46 pm
You embawwassment.
Silly Wabbit
November 8, 2023 at 4:47 pm
You ass.
Flash Light
November 9, 2023 at 5:46 am
Uh, speaking of embarrassment, Chuck Grassley is 90 YEARS OLD, and by your standard has no business being anywhere near the U.S. Senate, much less picking Trumpster to lead the GOP (aka Godawful Onerous People.)
Michael K
November 8, 2023 at 3:24 pm
Funny how Trump , within 3 years of Biden with gaffes and lies galore and a diet of KFC and McDonalds gets a pass on the age thing. Biden got a bi-partisan infrastructure bill through that Trump kept promising (like his healthcare that never happened). Biden actually knows how the federal government works and allegiance to the US Constitution and the rule of law. I’d rather have Biden’s steady hand than a compulsive selfish grifter who tried to overturn an election he lost and is now only focused on personal revenge.
Silly Wabbit
November 8, 2023 at 4:45 pm
Amen, bwother.
My Take
November 8, 2023 at 10:54 pm
I’d rather have Biden’s steady hand
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Àbsolutely
S. Freud
November 8, 2023 at 4:56 pm
“Impeach Biden” has a serious fear of aging, as is evidenced by his compulsive remarks regarding the age of President Biden. Note how “Impeach Biden” projects his own fear — that he will be an embarrassment in his old age — onto the president. Note how he fails to understand that his fixated verbal attacks on the President reveals his fear of death, and apparently his fear of zombies (“He is the walking dead right now”).
Diagnosis: middle age bigoted white man syndrome, with a touch of little peckerism.
Rick Whitaker
November 8, 2023 at 5:45 pm
the impeach guy and the tom guy are focused on the age of biden but don’t seem to know much about his skills, experience , and competent leadership. do they do that because they are clueless about politics and issues, or because they can’t find anything wrong with biden so they just parrot the fake ageist bs. there is something wrong with those two youngsters. i guess it’s just their immature tantrums showing . sad little boys or girls.
Flash Light
November 9, 2023 at 5:51 am
Not to mention the ability to select a competent team to manage the administration.
Did Trump even have 5 or 10 truly competent staff, cabinet members, or other government personnel?
TJC
November 9, 2023 at 4:59 pm
If he did have them, most quit once they realized that Trump wasn’t just all bluster and salesmanship but a true lunatic.
MH/Duuuval
November 9, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Like attracts like.
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