Blood in the water

It is ironic that the world is learning, after so very much hype, that Ron DeSantis is nothing more than a porcelain candidate. He’s made of porcelain. At least, that is what Politico says. They’re out with an extremely well-written piece on why so many Republicans are getting into the race.

And Charlie Manesian, the author, labels DeSantis a “porcelain candidate.” This article explains that so many are jumping into the race because they see that DeSantis just doesn’t have the chops. He isn’t ready for prime-time. He’s a Porcelain candidate.

“DeSantis now confronts the perception that he is a porcelain candidate, glazed and decorative, durable enough, but not really built to withstand the blunt impact of Trump’s hammer or the full fury of a United Democratic party.”

Truer words have never been spoken. And Palmer Report was among the first to speak them. We did say from the very beginning that Ron DeSantis was the latest shiny object. What happens to shiny and delicate gifts? People grow tired of them. They put them away. They forget about them. They break them.

DeSantis worked hard to project an image of strength and toughness. But what has happened and is happening to him is what happens to most bullies, when the blush is off the rose.

DeSantis EVEN, BEFORE he firmly got into the race, was already on his way down. Porcelain candidates can shatter like rock-crystal. They’re painfully transparent. And as people got to know this candidate — as they saw that underneath the glaze there was virtually nothing, he began to fully fade away.

Now, some people still believe in DeSantis. But it does seem every week, the believers shrink. We’ve brought you stories of how nervous his donors have become, how wary many around are, how his feud with Disney, his six-week abortion ban, and his utter inability to have a normal, human back-and-forth conversation with reporters have all contributed to his demise.

And that is why so many new faces are joining the process. DeSantis is not alone. As we’ve said, this has happened before. It’s happened with Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, with Jeb Bush, with Rudy.

It’s often easy and very tempting to bet it all on a candidate way too early on. But it isn’t a good idea. Because porcelain candidates break easily. And when they’re broken, there isn’t any way of putting them back together.