By golly, DeSantis' handling of COVID turns out to be ... pretty popular

COVID-19 still looms large in Florida’s gubernatorial race and helped shape Gov. Ron DeSantis’ image on the national political stage. Political analysts say DeSantis’ handling of the pandemic may have benefitted him in his reelection campaign. …

So, more than two years later, a question remains: Who was right? DeSantis or his blue state counterparts who took a more cautious approach to reopening?

“We were right and they were wrong. And millions of families in Florida are better for it,” DeSantis said during his state of the state address this year.

[I think we’re about to find out who was right. RCP has DeSantis up 11.8% over Charlie Crist, who hasn’t come within single digits in any poll since late September. — Ed]