One plugged-in Iowa Republican says Ron DeSantis is “the most popular presidential hopeful among the activist class,” reports bencjacobs
Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images One night in June, hundreds of Republicans gathered in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, for two traditions: raising money for their party and listening to a presidential hopeful, despite it being more than two years from the first-in-the-nation caucus. The guest this time was Nikki Haley, who offered all the crowd plenty of red meat to pair with their rubber chicken.
But there’s something unusual about the invisible primary this time: the lurking presence of Trump. Potential candidates have to navigate not just the potential for him to run again for the Republican nomination in 2024, but the risk of doing anything to raise the ire of the South Florida retiree. Even out of office and without a Twitter account, Trump has kept himself in the center of Republican politics. He has endorsed candidates in this year’s special elections and weighed in on infrastructure legislation from his exile in Mar-a-Lago. Although Trump has yet to appear in Iowa, his super-PAC recently hired two prominent Iowa Republican operatives and he recently spoke to Kaufmann, who announced their call on Twitter.
One initial way to view the primary electorate was offered by John Brabender, a veteran national Republican strategist: “The group of people who believe wholeheartedly in the Trump agenda and thought his style and manner was exactly what we needed to have happen, versus the group that was wholeheartedly in support with his agenda but uncomfortable with his style and manner.” He compared this to the difference between “people who simply purchase a product and those who are loyal to a brand.
“Tom Cotton will literally come for any event you want him to,” one Republican said. Cotton was particularly praised for his efforts on the ground, with one operative noting that “he’s building personal relationships not just in Iowa but elsewhere.” The question is whether the somber Arkansan described as “boring” by one operative would resonate with Republican voters after a half-decade of the Trump show.
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