What Republican voters want

“We cannot, we will not, go back to the days of the failed Republican establishment of yesteryear,” declared Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in front of a crowd at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. “We can sit around and have academic debates about conservative policy. I’m not saying you don’t do any of that. … But the question is, when the klieg lights get hot, when the Left comes after you, will you stay strong, or will you fold?”

In just a few simple sentences, DeSantis perfectly summarized what most Republican voters say they are looking for out of their party and their leaders: a will to fight.