Mark Z. Barabak: Ron DeSantis faces a sobering lesson on ambition, hubris and big talk
When you're the governor of a state, you're a big, important deal. Your whims can assume the force of law. The stroke of a pen can open or close schools, help or harm major industries and, in cases involving capital punish-ment, decide whether a person lives or dies. A governor who wins election in a big state, like, say, California, Texas or Florida, is even more powerful and may be all the ...
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
May 26, 2023
3 minutes
When you're the governor of a state, you're a big, important deal.
Your whims can assume the force of law. The stroke of a pen can open or close schools, help or harm major industries and, in cases involving capital punish-ment, decide whether a person lives or dies.
A governor who wins election in a big state, like, say, California, Texas or Florida, is even more powerful and may be all the more convinced of their genius and political prowess. (Who's going to disabuse them?)
, as it has for Florida's the Republican presidential contest Wednesday with a glitchy announcement on a sputtering Twitter livestream.
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