Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit the reset button in a cramped basement under a neighborhood grill in the tiny southern Iowa town of Chariton last week . With corn fields stretching to the horizon he sought redemption in deeply conservative Wayne County where pickup trucks throw up vast clouds of dust from gravel sideroads . The Florida governor has struggled to negotiate this dilemma mostly arguing that Trumps troubles are a distraction from the themes Republicans need to strike in the general election . Trump remains a hero to millions of Republican primary voters . But Trump is now edging closer to a direct clash with Trump . The New York TimesSiena College poll showing secondplaced DeSantas trailing Trump by a stunning points Monday only underscored what has been obvious for weeks his approach isnt working. National polls dont reflect the full picture of a race that plays out statebystate. There are still more than five months before the first GOP debate has not even taken place yet. Trump is looking formidable complicating an effort by DeSantsantas to show hed get more than the expresident done in the Oval Office without the chaos without the distraction of chaos . Theres too many voters who just arent going to vote for him going forward, DeSanta told Foxs Bret Baier in an interview Monday. The governor had told voters in the Granite State that the vast majority of Republican Primary voters are either definitely going to … or are willing to … to you know if you make the case. This seems optimistic. This seemed optimistic. But DeSauntas. This seem optimistic. It seems optimistic, but DeSattar. He has to believe it seems to be optimistic. A day earlier the governor. The vast majority. He had told
DeSantis sharpens critique of Trump but faces huge odds in Florida . DeS
