Biden bets DeSantis' 'Florida blueprint' will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection

[brooklynite]

CNN

Ron DeSantis is going to run for president talking about his record in Florida. Joe Biden is too.

Biden advisers believe they can hold up what the GOP governor calls his “Florida blueprint” as a warning to the country about what would happen if DeSantis or any other Republican wins the White House in 2024 – a human embodiment, essentially, of Biden’s argument that “MAGA extremism” goes beyond Donald Trump.

And along the way, they believe the Florida governor’s record may give them a chance at the state’s 30 electoral votes.

The Biden campaign has quietly started putting campaign cash and efforts into Florida – and will decide in the coming months whether to put more – as it gauges the president’s chances of reversing the reddening of a state he lost by a wider-than-expected margin in 2020.

A dozen top Biden and Democratic officials, several of whom asked not speak by name in order to discuss internal plans, told CNN they’re raring to dig in on DeSantis’ championing of abortion restrictions, his ongoing fight with Disney stemming from the company’s opposition to what critics have called the “Don’t Say Gay” law, his lifting of concealed weapons permitting, his crackdown on unlawful immigration and his consistent railing over “woke” politics.

[Pacifist Patriot]

1. Yes! Dems, please, please, please don't write of Florida!!!

That's happened for too many election cycles and see what that got us.

[DestinyIsles]

2. I wish this was the case we could win Florida

but knowing how right wing that state has become in recent years. I always got my hopes up every election cycle we could win that state but we don't seem to win it on election day. Also a lot of MAGAs moved from other states to Florida which is going to make it harder for us to win.

[Cosmocat]

4. Yep

it has been painful to see Florida increasingly slip to the dark side.

I do applaud any time a D uses their shittiness against them, but given everything else working against us there, hold out little hope for the Rs having it wretched from their death grip.

[EmmaLee E]

5. I fear you are correct - Florida has gone red (Rage, embarrassment?)

But the "Florida Blueprint" if well-advertised may make some DEM headway in other states.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Non Cuban Hispanics are the key for Florida to go blue.

Big money and Huge targeted GOTV efforts in South Florida are needed.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. The John Lewis VRA

Would certainly help here . . .