No Gary Hart Bounce for DeSantis or Haley
Forty years ago, when Walter Mondale won 49% in Iowa’s Democratic caucuses, far ahead of Gary Hart’s 16%, the media spotlight nonetheless immediately focused. With the help of a brilliant spot by consultant Ray Strother showing him tossing a hatchet into a tree, Hart went on to win the New Hampshire primary eight days later, 37% to 28%, and he suddenly became the favorite.
At the time, I thought…