While the Republican debaters were, for
the “most part” saying things that the people
wanted to hear and enjoyed hearing with
their own “styles” and with varying ‘levels’
of “charisma,” I think that Ron DeSantis,
with his proposals and responses to issues
conveyed genuine sincerity with conviction.
I have got to concur with Dan Ben Noach
that Trump knows that DeSantis would easily
outshine him in debates and perhaps Trump
and his advisors want to watch these debates
and as a result, develop potentially strategic
counterreactions to his opponents’ talking
points and positions on the issues. This
remains to be seen.