Ron DeSantis has been doing a lot as governor of Florida. But there’s one job that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves: In many ways, DeSantis is serving as America’s shadow president.
In the Westminster parliamentary system of government, used in Britain and elsewhere, the opposition forms a shadow cabinet: A group of senior opposition-party members takes responsibility for issues facing various government departments. So there might be a shadow defense minister, who focuses on military issues, and the group might put together a “shadow budget.”
Glenn Reynolds
Ron DeSantis has emerged as America’s awesome ‘shadow president’
Being governor of Florida isn’t the same as being president of the US, but Ron DeSantis has been able to show the spirit, and sometimes the substance, of actions that a Republican president might t…
In America things often happen in parallel. Its size and federalism allow contradictions to coexist for longer than most places. Competition precedes confrontation.