FLORIDA
WEST COASTOpinion by:
E. Eugene Webb PhD
As we
move into the new political year with a new president, things are going to
change dramatically in Florida’s relationship with the White House.
Governor
Ron DeSantis has had an outstanding relationship with the Trump administration and
was a staunch supporter of President Trump until the very end.
This
close relationship with former President Trump produced unparalleled access for
the Florida Governor to the White House and its many resources. Now things have
changed.
The
question now becomes, how will DeSantis govern as it relates to the new Biden
administration?
Check
out News Channel 8 by Mahsa Saeidi ‘Big mistake’: DeSantis criticizes Biden’s plan for vaccine
distribution but can he stop it?
And in
Patch by Skyla Luckey Gov. DeSantis Bucks President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine
Plan.
The
Oval Office is no longer a phone call away for the Florida Governor, and DeSantis,
who can be pointedly blunt and often controversial, has had his eye on a run
for the presidency since the day he was elected governor.
I'm
pretty sure none of that is lost on President Biden and his advisors.
If Governor DeSantis continues to take a
negative approach to the Biden recovery plan, it will just simply not serve Floridians
well.
DeSantis
also has some homegrown issues primarily with Attorney General Ashley Moody, the
current leading Democrat in Florida. Never bashful, look for Moody to get some
additional support for challenges to the DeSantis’s agenda from the Biden
administration.
The
Florida governor may also find himself in a little more difficulty with The
Florida Legislature. The question at hand is: if you're a member of the House
or the Florida Senate, now that DeSantis doesn't have a hand in hand relationship
with the White House does the legislature take a more independent view of their
relationship with the governor's office and the governor's plans and policies?
And
then there's the final question of what is Donald Trump going to do? With the
former president parked in DeSantis' backyard, and Trump's unconventional
approach to politics the Florida Governor could find himself in the middle of a
major controversy should former President Trump decide to mount a significant
political campaign hinting at a run in 2024.
While
the outlook for Florida under the Biden administration doesn't look
particularly grim, things are certainly going to change. Managing that change and
dealing with the new Biden administration will be Governor DeSantis major
challenge in 2021 and 2022.
How he
approaches it will significantly affect all Floridians.
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