“The winner of next week’s first Republican primary debate is likely to be the candidate who exceeds expectations. So the bar is very high for someone like Ron DeSantis, who started the campaign with a lot of name ID, buckets of money, and a ton of buzz.
“The bar is very low, however, for someone like Vivek Ramaswamy, the entrepreneur who has no previous political experience to his name, and virtually zero name recognition.
“But there’s no selling him short. He’s a Harvard- and Yale-educated son of Indian immigrants and he made millions in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
“He’s also so unabashedly pro-Trump it can often seem like he’s campaigning not for the top slot but for a position in a Trump cabinet. Starting with his fawning, almost breathless praise for the guy.
“Starting with his posture that seems to out-Trump Donald Trump himself. Starting with a commitment, if he’s elected, to pardon the former president. Full stop.”
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