Ron DeSantis says he’s in it for the long haul. But is he just a ‘dead man walking’?
DERRY, N.H. — His presidential campaign all but left for dead in frozen Iowa, Ron DeSantis rolled through his stump speech at a winery outside Manchester on a cold Wednesday evening, ticking off his bona fides before a crowd of a few dozen voters preparing to vote in a primary he has virtually no shot to win. His campaign had just signaled a shift in focus to South Carolina, a state that – like New Hampshire and every other early-voting state — strongly favors former President Donald Trump. But he says he’s in it for the long haul, and every delegate matters. His supporters nod, clapping at ti...