We are seeing relatively few ads tied to particular candidates. Instead, we are being inundated with commercials supporting or attacking the state constitutional amendments pertaining to recreational marijuana use and abortion. It’s almost enough to make you miss Mark Robinson.
The most interesting thing about the ads opposing the amendments–particularly the ones on the abortion question– is that they focus completely on the fine print, not the gist of the issues. DeSantis isn’t trying to defeat the abortion amendment on the basis that personhood begins at conception, presumably because he knows public opinion won’t follow him on that point. Instead, he’s trying to argue that the amendment goes too far in this way or that (e.g., late term abortions and parental consent); the implication is that a more limited version might be OK and could be on the table in future years.
LOL. DeSantis and his friends are being dishonest here. They know perfectly well that the Florida GOP is never going to back down on what they view as positions essential to the Godly Society. So what else is new?