Writing at City Journal, recent Florida immigrant Dave Seminara identifies the eight rules Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to follow to achieve a true "red wave" reelection victory. Here they are in bullet-point format:
- Stay on offense.
- You can create your own majority with the right approach.
- Competence matters.
- You don’t necessarily have to move to the center to win over independents.
- You can redraw the political map without pandering.
- Create a culture where wokeness cannot thrive.
- Deliver a policy-driven approach that works.
- Court the moms.
Allowing for some rhetorical overlap, that isn't a bad agenda albeit one that is easier to appreciate in the abstract than to deliver on the ground while coping with hurricanes.
