Time was when voters liked having a governor take the reins in the White House.
But the half dozen or so current or former governors trying to gain traction in the GOP presidential race are finding out that kind of executive experience just isn’t a big attraction anymore.
There also are the ex-governors: Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Mike Pence of Indiana, Chris Christie of New Jersey and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas. All of them are hoping their time as chief executives will convince voters they are ready for a promotion.They all trail former President Donald Trump in polling, and they’re not even close to him.
Mr. Trump in 2016 topped a field of nine governors, a handful of senators and a smattering of private sector candidates with his iconoclastic approach to politics, and caught fire with a GOP electorate. Mr. Trump’s approach has proved to be so popular that others have mimicked it, namely businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who leads most of the governors in polls.
“He learned from Trump that 80% of this is entertainment — not policy and not execution,” said Mr. McKenna, who is also a columnist for The Washington Times. “Governors, guys like Ron DeSantis, they know they can’t do half the stuff Ramaswamy is talking about, so they are like, ‘I am not going to that.’”“Yes, generally governors deal with pragmatism, reality and responsible governance within a balanced budget,” he said.
Mr. DeSantis is hoping that comeback starts now. As Mr. Trump’s closest, albeit distant rival, he argues that his successes in Florida have more staying power than what the ex-president did at the national level.
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