Lose right now. he is an unconventional candidate which is why when some people talk about him not going to the upcoming debate in august in milwaukee i think that would be a mistake. this is a guy who doesn t follow conventional wisdom even with the lead i think right now the more he s out there directly engaged with the other candidates the better off for him. that s what i saw eight years ago whether it was the first debate or the second one, dana, you were a part of. this guy dominates the stage and he is a prize fighter. prize fighters belong in the ring defending their title and that s where he should be today. back in february you said the dynamics of this race in 2024 are probably better for governor desantis than they were eight years ago. you ve made those comments before. governor desantis launched his campaign. do you share that same assessment today? well, you look on one hand there s talk about him going up or down or down in some of the polls. obviously the second qu
President trump it s not enough to just say he had a great track record in office for four years he as well particularly not only in the primaries and the caucuses but going into the fall is going to have to make i think just as powerful a case that, yeah, he did some good things, things that i loved during his four years in office but here is what s next. elections are always about the future, they re never about the past, even if the past was just a few months ago. that to me was a big mistake i learned from consultants to can a i m to me said you have this great track record, taking on the unions and the big government special interests to we just focused on that. that could be a problem if governor desantis just focuses on his track record instead of saying here is how we translate this into something bigger if i m elected as president of the united states. what an interesting perspective. i just have to ask, though, do you really think that the voters with this slate of candidat
A name and right now it appears to be ron desantis. as conservatives and excitement about the florida governor s campaign has given way to some deep seeing. the headlines reflect that politico playbook, desantis in disarray, the washington post a long slog, the new york times desantis sheds staff amid heavy spending. look no further than his campaign finance reports for the evidence. desantis did raise a lot of money but he s burned through a lot of it and there s little sign he s getting traction outside elite republican circles. kristen holmes is in arlington, virginia, where we expect to see the governor and other republican candidates. kristen? reporter: dana, we are expecting him any minute now, the speaker about to wrap up. i do want to note when these numbers came out i was with a number of trump advisers, i talked to them about this and they were fwidy, particularly when you talk about that burn rate and the fact that they didn t have a number of smaller donors, that so
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Going to do about it and can you make the case that you are in the best position to get those things done? and then third winability. right now if i was anybody other than donald trump i would be pushing that point unfortunately for them while desantis and some of the other candidates may poll slightly better against biden than president trump does it s pretty much going to be just as tight of a race in 24 as it was in 2020 and 2016. to me that s the third component. you can say we re clearly better positioned to win against joe biden. that could be an issue that for some in the primary and caucus cycle. former governor scott walker, thank you so much. i have a lot more to ask you. will you come back? i will indeed. love to be with you. okay. thank you so much. appreciate it. and if you ve been around in washington long enough, it s a question you ve heard plenty of times, what does joe manchin really want? why we re asking that question again today after a quick break.