I find myself commenting about your articles more that I have to any media before. I think it's because they are thoughtful and timely. Unfortunately the Republican party is still the party of Trump and if your recall, Trump loves dictators and autocrats because he would like to be one. I often wondered what the Russians had on Trump or how much money he owed them. DeSantis is Trump with less baggage and will not disagree with him out of fear of losing Trump supporters if he wins the primary. I'm not as worried about Putin going after NATO allies as other countries that border Russia that are not members, but would like to be. Russia may not be the military force it once was but as long as they have an arsenal of nuclear weapons we have to take their aggression seriously. I long for the "silent majority" of reasonable Republican who had our country's safety at the forefront of their thinking.
Thanks, Dan. Always great to hear from you. These are very dangerous times, and I wish more people were attuned to foreign policy issues. I know from covering the caucuses for years, though, that these concerns just don't seem to rise to the top for people unless there is something that hits very close to home.
DeSantis is a contemporary Neville Chamberlain. He is also speaking from his heart not because he is afraid of authoritarian states, like Russia, but because Putin mirrors his thirst for control and intolerance for dissent.
I'll be interested in seeing how his message changes, if it does, as the campaign goes on. There's a strong isolationist wing to the GOP these days, but there's still plenty of voters who grew up with the idea of Reagan.
I find myself commenting about your articles more that I have to any media before. I think it's because they are thoughtful and timely. Unfortunately the Republican party is still the party of Trump and if your recall, Trump loves dictators and autocrats because he would like to be one. I often wondered what the Russians had on Trump or how much money he owed them. DeSantis is Trump with less baggage and will not disagree with him out of fear of losing Trump supporters if he wins the primary. I'm not as worried about Putin going after NATO allies as other countries that border Russia that are not members, but would like to be. Russia may not be the military force it once was but as long as they have an arsenal of nuclear weapons we have to take their aggression seriously. I long for the "silent majority" of reasonable Republican who had our country's safety at the forefront of their thinking.
Thanks, Dan. Always great to hear from you. These are very dangerous times, and I wish more people were attuned to foreign policy issues. I know from covering the caucuses for years, though, that these concerns just don't seem to rise to the top for people unless there is something that hits very close to home.
DeSantis is a contemporary Neville Chamberlain. He is also speaking from his heart not because he is afraid of authoritarian states, like Russia, but because Putin mirrors his thirst for control and intolerance for dissent.
I'll be interested in seeing how his message changes, if it does, as the campaign goes on. There's a strong isolationist wing to the GOP these days, but there's still plenty of voters who grew up with the idea of Reagan.
thanks Ed. I am interested in seeing how our elected officials responds to this De Santis message. thanks for writing