A couple of devil's advocate questions about a campaign text message I just got from Charlie Crist.

[Towlie]

[my name], it's Democrat Charlie Crist. I know a lot of campaigns are reaching out, but my race is the most consequential election this cycle.

Is it really the most consequential, or is it more important for Val Demings to beat Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate? Of course they're both important but Charlie Crist justifies his plea for a lion's share of available Democratic voter's money with this argument:

We need to stop Ron DeSantis before he runs for President because that's what his real goal is: Become President and bring his anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion policies to the federal level.

I'm asking you to make a choice, [my name]:

- You can do nothing, let Ron DeSantis's mega-donors buy him this seat, and set him up to bring his extremist agenda to the White House.

- Or we can rally together, do what's right for Florida, and stop DeSantis before he can hurt any more Americans.

[requests a donation]

Is it a given that losing his position as governor would stop Ron DeSantis from running for president? Or is that an unwarranted assumption?