DeSantis, Decider

Florida man as the next Commander-In-Chief?

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Back from Florida, David M. Drucker published his DeSantis profile on The Dispatch this week. Now, he’s joined by Marc Caputo, National Reporter at The Messenger, to discuss their respective experience covering the governor, as they attempt to grok the DeSantis playbook.

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    George.Skinner

    It seems like right of center parties everywhere are struggling with hard right populist factions at the moment. These factions have positions that are toxic to the broader electorate, but they're big enough that they carry sway within the party. They're also unwilling to compromise. The result is party leaders can't control the party without catering to the populist faction, and they can't win elections when they do.

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  2. MathewA

    Good podcast, bad audio. The levels between the two speakers were not matched at all. I had turn David way up then I got blasted everyone time Marc came back on.

    You need to have separate compressors on each audio feed, and then a compressor/loudness maximizer on the final mix.

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    Jonathan

    It’s not difficult to see DJT as a modern day William Jennings Bryan. A firebrand populist sufficiently popular with a faction of one party that they can’t quit him despite his poor electoral record. We’ll need another loss to know for sure if that’s really a good comparison, but you don’t have to squint.

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  4. Payette

    This was an informative, dispassionate, down-to-earth discussion. It was well worth my time. My only complaint was the acoustics: Marc was clear & louder, but David sounded muffled.

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      Tkdc926

      Agree... Could hear Marc fine but David was barely audible.

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    2. Roberte01

      +1, loved the discussion ('self-immolating arsonist', LOL) but could barely hear David and then the ads blew out my ears. Can I buy a round of mics and compressors for the Dispatch team?

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      1. MathewA

        Yep, or at least fix this in post. It's not rocket science.

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    Todd T

    More level-headed analysis than Trump deserves. Gives him an air of normalcy. He’s not normal.

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