What's behind conservative love letters to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis?

Ron DeSantis.
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Polls tell us the Republican base is still fired up by the thought of Donald Trump remaining the party's standard bearer in 2024. Others despise Trump and hope to see someone else (Mitt Romney? Liz Cheney? Larry Hogan?) take a stand in favor of a return to the deposed Reaganite consensus.

But for another more mainstream faction on the right, there is only one option to defeat the Democrats and win the White House in November 2024: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.