{"id":52159,"date":"2023-12-02T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/politics\/desantis-all-in-on-iowa-finishes-99-county-tour-where-he-started-far-behind-trump-in-a-critical-state\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T17:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:37:19","slug":"desantis-all-in-on-iowa-finishes-99-county-tour-where-he-started-far-behind-trump-in-a-critical-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=52159","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis, all-in on Iowa, finishes 99-county tour where he started: Far behind Trump in a critical state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn0mucy003v44pf25rx68tz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will complete his tour of Iowa\u2019s 99 counties on Saturday, a milestone he has pursued with dogmatic zeal as his White House aspirations grew closely tied to his performance in the Republican Party\u2019s first presidential nominating contest.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t400063b6htt80xicz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      DeSantis will mark the occasion with a rally in Jasper County, just east of Des Moines at a venue called The Thunderdome \u2013 a fitting host for a candidate in a fight for political survival.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t400073b6h0vvwx4p1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      With just over six weeks until the January\u00a015 Iowa caucuses, DeSantis remains well behind the party front-runner, former president Donald Trump, and is running out of time to catch a spark. Meanwhile, the surging campaign of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has turned its attention to\u00a0the Hawkeye State, further complicating DeSantis\u2019 path to a victory in a place he is all-in on winning.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t400083b6hzlx8nt88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Now, DeSantis\u2019 presidential bid hinges on how Iowa Republicans, who have long prized retail campaigning, respond to the early and persistent connections he has made while logging thousands of miles through the state\u2019s cornfields and wind farms.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t400093b6hxaif5cnd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI think you have to do that to win Iowa,\u201d DeSantis said Thursday about visiting the state\u2019s 99 counties. \u201cI think that\u2019s what voters want to see. I think they want to be able to meet you, they want to be able to ask your questions.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000a3b6hzifij5xw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      On the road to appearing in every Iowa county \u2013 a feat known as \u201cthe full Grassley,\u201d named after the state\u2019s well-traveled senior senator, Chuck Grassley \u2013 DeSantis has regularly appeared in parts of the state Trump is unlikely to visit. He has shaken countless hands and answered questions from potential supporters in dozens of small shops, bars, manufacturing plants and similar venues, from the Missouri River to the west and Mississippi River to the east as well as the borders of Minnesota to the north and Missouri to the south.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000b3b6hnlh5uh1f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      It\u2019s an undertaking DeSantis first embarked on this summer to stabilize a campaign that was struggling to break out and was dealing with cost overruns caused in part by an overly ambitious national push out of the gate. Doubling down on Iowa with stops in all corners of the state became a guiding star for the revamped effort behind DeSantis, which\u00a0also involved\u00a0moving most of his staff from Tallahassee to Des Moines, replacing his campaign manager and adding David Polyansky, a seasoned Iowa operative who was previously working for Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting the Florida governor.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000d3b6h14zw8tx6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      While he has struggled to find his footing in the art of retail politics, completing \u201cthe full Grassley\u201d is the latest accomplishment by a candidate that, on paper, appears to have checked off everything a presidential contender\u00a0is supposed to do to win the Iowa caucuses.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000e3b6h14t0m3a6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Never Back Down has spent more than any other entity on advertising in Iowa and is building out a ground operation it insists is \u201chistoric\u201d in its size and early deployment. DeSantis also earned the endorsement of the state\u2019s popular Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Bob Vander Plaats, one of Iowa\u2019s most influential faith leaders, both of whom will speak at his Saturday rally.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000f3b6hijnxkcma@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      But in the months since DeSantis first set out to visit every county, polls show Trump\u2019s lead in Iowa has only grown. DeSantis\u2019 attempts to engineer momentum by blanketing the state have yet to materialize into a groundswell of new support. Haley\u2019s competing campaign recently received a boost when she was officially backed by Americans for Prosperity Action, the network associated with billionaire Charles Koch that has vowed to spend tens of millions of dollars to ensure Trump doesn\u2019t win the nomination.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000g3b6huf2ux4jn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Further complicating his efforts in Iowa is the ongoing tension between his political operation and Never Back Down. DeSantis and his wife, Casey, a top adviser to him, have been unimpressed with Never Back Down\u2019s advertisements in Iowa, particularly those focused on Haley. A new pro-DeSantis super PAC has emerged in recent weeks, Fight Right, led by several longtime advisers with a goal of airing ads more critical of Haley as she seeks to make inroads in the state.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t4000h3b6h0gm07i6l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Amid the fallout, Never Back Down\u2019s chief executive, Chris Jankowski, stepped down, saying the current environment there made it \u201cuntenable for me to deliver on the shared goal\u201d of electing DeSantis to the presidency. Adam Laxalt, DeSantis\u2019 former roommate and one of his closest friend in politics, departed the super PAC\u00a0this week\u00a0as well after serving as its board chairman.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000i3b6h3nwl8ys6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      DeSantis, who regularly reminds Iowans how much time he has spent with them, has said he believes the work he has put in will pay off in the coming weeks as caucus goers begin to pay attention to the race in earnest. The hope is that the Iowa caucuses, which have a history of breaking late and producing unexpected results, will once again produce a surprise.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000j3b6hxgoex1z9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Internally, however, advisers recognize DeSantis has few outs if the outlook in Iowa doesn\u2019t improve soon.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000k3b6hhp60dns5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t, it was a major miscalculation and then I don\u2019t know what will happen,\u201d said one DeSantis adviser, who asked not to be named to speak openly about the Republican\u2019s campaign. \u201cWe need a strong showing in Iowa in order to build momentum and show viability going into early primary states. We have enough money to do that.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000l3b6hbcz2yo5c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      A Republican fundraiser close to DeSantis\u2019 political operation added: \u201cThere\u2019s gotta be movement in the next month or there\u2019s serious trouble for him.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/clpn1iig5001e3b6hi69bbspo@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"a-mixed-track-record-for-candidates-that-go-full-grassley\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    A mixed track record for candidates that go full Grassley<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000n3b6hubrruqks@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Visiting all 99 counties has become a perennial fixture of the presidential election cycle for many Republican candidates as they try to replicate the annual tour that Grassley, 90, has done for decades.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000o3b6h7qrmuvzj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      It\u2019s a fairly inexpensive way for candidates to reach the more passionate Republicans likely to trek to a voting site in the dead of winter, given that a caucus is simply a neighborhood meeting held in more than 1,000 precincts across the state.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000p3b6hg828bcg1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cThe expectation among voters is that they get a chance to see and talk to candidates up close, and kind of make that personal connection,\u201d said Christopher Larimer, a University of Northern Iowa political science professor. \u201cSo going to 99 counties helps develop that relationship and it shows to voters that the candidates are willing to make the effort to go to all parts of the state to develop those relationships.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000q3b6hjx1qm9a9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Grassley started the tradition of visiting all the counties in Iowa \u2013 which is one of the top 10 states with the most counties \u2013 in the 1980s, according to Larimer. Iowans became used to seeing their politicians around their state, generating expectations that presidential candidates would do the same, Larimer said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000r3b6htaqowzpj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The 99-county tour appeared to work for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2016 cycle as he placed first in the Iowa GOP caucuses ahead of Trump, who flew into the state for large rallies rather than engaging in retail politics. The Texas senator was cramming in stops to Iowa\u2019s less populated counties in the last week before the caucuses and didn\u2019t hit 99 until the day of.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000t3b6htn90ah0p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Hitting the 99th county in early December provides more flexibility for DeSantis\u2019 calendar going forward, the campaign believes. Nor does it wed him to only campaign in Iowa down the stretch. DeSantis, for example, spent Friday in South Carolina.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000u3b6hpitvqn7u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cThe beauty of wrapping up the 99 counties this early is that while every single caucus-goer in the state will already have had the chance to meet Ron DeSantis, we will no longer have the map dictate where we go, but now we can allow our targeting dictate where we go,\u201d Polyansky told CNN.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpng9fhg00003b6h46636ogz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The DeSantis campaign shared a statement Friday from the namesake of the 99-county feat complimenting the governor\u2019s efforts.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpng9rla00023b6hf7zjvs2c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI have found it is the best way to show Iowans everyone is important to hear from and no one is forgotten by their senator,\u201d Grassley said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000v3b6hlsa4o0oy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Steve Scheffler, a Republican National Committeeman from Iowa, said courting Iowans takes more than appearing once in their part of the state and DeSantis can\u2019t be seen as merely visiting to cross off another county.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000w3b6hgdbs1ush@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI\u2019m not downplaying it. It\u2019s good,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cBut you know, sometimes, especially if you\u2019re not the favorite in the race, going to those counties umpteen times until you\u2019re blue in the face probably is not a bad idea.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000x3b6hsaczvstz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Other 2024 contenders have downplayed the impact of DeSantis reaching the milestone. Trump\u2019s campaign this week needled DeSantis by pointing out that Ryan Brinkley, a little-known Dallas pastor also running for the GOP nomination, had already visited all 99 counties but his support was virtually non-existent.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000y3b6hsz2bqo20@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy predicted he will have completed the \u201cfull Grassley two times and then some\u201d but it wasn\u2019t something he intended to celebrate.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t5000z3b6hi87gv0mt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI\u2019m not a \u2018check the box\u2019 guy,\u201d he told reporters at his new headquarters in Iowa. \u201cWe\u2019re organically going to where people want to hear from us.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500103b6hxk832357@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      A visit to every corner of the state does not necessarily translate to a win in Iowa, as the success rate for a candidate who completes the so-called full Grassley has shown.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500113b6hzrpj5zuf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum finished the 99-county tour in 2012, which may have helped him notch a win over well-funded Mitt Romney\u2019s campaign. But Michele Bachmann did the same and finished in sixth place. Santorum was out in Iowa early and often while Bachmann hustled to finish her 99-county tour in 10 days.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500133b6hhdxjg2f2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In 2016, Santorum and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee both completed the full Grassley, hoping to repeat their 2012 and 2008 Iowa caucuses wins, respectively. But Huckabee ended his presidential bid the night of the caucuses after a poor showing of less than 2%. Santorum fared even worse in the caucuses than Huckabee.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500153b6h2x9jpxbs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      But Cruz, Huckabee and Santorum did not turn\u00a0their success in the Iowa caucuses into a presidential nomination. The DeSantis campaign is banking that he is uniquely positioned \u2013 thanks to solid fundraising and early campaign work in early primary states \u2013 to turn a victory in Iowa into a springboard toward the nomination.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500163b6hfzwt8kdn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      History, however, says that\u2019s a risky proposition and signs of trouble are already appearing in New Hampshire and South Carolina, where Haley appears ahead of DeSantis.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500173b6hlxhzn8z6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cLook, either the full Grassley and all the money the super PAC has put into the ground game, the millions we\u2019re putting into advertising there, and all the personal contact he\u2019s making, either it works or it doesn\u2019t,\u201d the DeSantis adviser said. \u201cBut we won\u2019t know until caucus day.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clpn1h8t500183b6h6o08jaxe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The last time a Southern governor won the Iowa caucuses and went on to become the Republican nominee was 2000, when George W. Bush waged a far more modest campaign in Iowa. He did not complete a full tour of Iowa\u2019s 99 counties\u00a0\u2013\u00a0but he made it to the White House.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/02\/politics\/desantis-iowa-full-grassley\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will complete his tour of Iowa\u2019s 99 counties on Saturday, a milestone he has pursued with dogmatic zeal as his White House aspirations grew closely tied to his performance in the Republican Party\u2019s first presidential nominating contest. DeSantis will mark the occasion with a rally in Jasper County, just east of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DeSantis, all-in on Iowa, finishes 99-county tour where he started: Far behind Trump in a critical state | Prosfunds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Florida Gov. 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