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Advocating tax cuts and those sorts of things but it is all things that donald trump also says he is in favour of. so i think what we really see is more of a just a position on character and on style, with trump being trump and desantis kind of pitching himself as a more electable version. someone who could get through a general election. i think one of the challenges for desantis in making the electability argument as it is not necessarily something that galvanises the republican base. it may a...

>> there is certainly no doubt about that and i think his performance over the last several months definitely contributed to what youre talking about. but would you noted that hes now going to turn the page to become an official candidate and start selling this electability argument. to your point, hes also going to need to sell, both to voters and to donors of which he will have plenty, im not suggesting he wont have a ton of money, but hell have to prove that he could take as good as he gives,...

This winning coalition. that is the trickiest line for any of the candidates to walk, how you bridge those two divides if the party. >> and i think, molly, you made a good point. it is a real question. i mean, is policy going to win the day here for ron desantis? >> and if it does matter, you do hear from heart burn from the donor collar and establishment republicans about how right wing his agenda is in florida. having been re-elected last november, he used that as a mandate to push even more r...

South carolina senator tim scott has entered the race for the white house. thats according to a filing on the federal election commission website. the senates only black republican is expected to make a formal announcement about his bid on monday. last month, scott reported nearly $22 million in his senate campaign account. that money could be used for a presidential bid. another likely candidate for the race for 1600 pennsylvania avenue the ron desantis. the governor is expected to file to ente...

Issues. these were issues that he -- the florida legislature gave him significant vehicle troi victore range of cultural issues with the legislative session wrapping up a short time ago. he does think these are important. he has many supporters in the state of florida who think -- they support him on the cultural issues and on the issue with disney, attacking what he views as, quote, woke corporations. these are winning issues in the minds of the desantis viewers. that remains to be seen whether...

Look at the polls between age and just general approval ratings, both trump and biden are not doing well. theyre under water. >> look, chris, i just -- i would say a couple of things. i laughed as gabe was talking about this electability argument because when i used to advise candidates i would always caution them against being a pundit. you let the pundits be pundits. you be the elected official, if youre already the elected official or the candidate. you talk about your message. you dont engag...

Take a position opposed to him on legislation that hes going to retaliate against them by taking away tax breaks by punishing them in other ways. you saw disneys reaction, the mouse ate the cheese. $1 billion of it. >> the mouse ate the cheese. smooth. desantis, of course, isnt officially in the race yet, but "the new york times" was able to listen in on a call that desantis had with donors yesterday where he said this, and i quote, biden, trump, and me, and i think of those three. two have a ch...

Republican who could jump in and really make an impact in this it shall what appears to be an array of choices that are limited? >> i dont think so. i mean, i like tim scott a lot. i would like to see him in the race. i think itd be nice to have someone who can offer a more positive, optimistic brand of conservatism. i dont think he can win, but it will be nice to have him in the race. glenn youngkin sent out a video yesterday that looked like a campaign video. i dont know what he is up to. sort...

House bid next week. hes sharpening his electability argument against donald trump telling republicans it is time to shed their loyalty to the former president if they hope to win back the white house. >> >> it is going to require a lot of fight and that we do a lot of different things. >> reporter: in a visit to new hampshire, desantis touted his florida record as a blueprint for the nation. we passed that in florida. even as fallout with his escalating fight with disney who plugged the plug on...

>> marc, ive spent years being told, dont try an electability argument, it doesnt work. >> im not sure, chuck, polls are necessary today and there are a lot of republicans that rallied against president biden because of new york. necessary are a lot of republicans that but, you know, if we went by polls today in 2008, rudy giuliani would have been our nominee and scott walker and bernie sanders on the democratic side, and so there are still a lot of headwinds that face the president. >> what i w...