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<p>His poll numbers have <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/">slid</a>. His competition has <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/22/will-hurd-2024-president-campaign">grown</a>. His campaign’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-buttigieg-expertly-dings-desantis-homoerotic-anti-gay-ad">controversial ads</a> have <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-just-proved-he-may-be-worse-for-gop-than-trump">scared off</a> supporters. His top super PAC has grown concerned. “We are way behind,” its spokesperson <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/03/desantis-pac-2024-election-behind-00104572">said</a> last week.</p>
<p>This confluence of conundrums has forced even Fox News to confront Ron DeSantis.</p>
<p>“What’s going on with your campaign?” Maria Bartiromo, a reliable Fox News host for softball questions, asked DeSantis on Sunday. “There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year, but here’s this weekend’s headline from <em>Politico </em>Playbook.”</p>
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His poll numbers have slid. His competition has grown. His campaign’s controversial ads have scared off supporters. His top super PAC has grown concerned. “We are way behind,” its spokesperson said last week.
This confluence of conundrums has forced even Fox News to confront Ron DeSantis.
“What’s going on with your campaign?” Maria Bartiromo, a reliable Fox News host for softball questions, asked DeSantis on Sunday. “There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year, but here’s this weekend’s headline from Politico Playbook.”
