• We’re not huge fans of Evita, but we’re optimistic about the sequel.
• As the decision time of Iowa and New Hampshire draws nearer, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley have been sniping at each other. It would be productive if they focused on their actual policy differences. Instead, DeSantis is pretending that Haley is soft on Israel and illegal immigration, and Haley is needling DeSantis over his choice of footwear and pretending that he is against domestic energy production. DeSantis’s fight with Disney and his clumsy positioning on Ukraine provide a more fertile field for real debate about the candidates’ competing visions. Meanwhile, both of them could use the courage to sharpen and amplify their critiques of Donald Trump, if they are not just running for second place. Haley’s endorsement by Americans for Prosperity Action led the DeSantis camp to brand her as part of a “pro-open-borders, pro-jailbreak-bill establishment.” We understand that politics isn’t beanbag, but none of this seems helpful to the cause of providing Republican voters a basis upon which to choose a new leader.
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