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  I think he's embellishing the 5'11" part. Seeing him around other people and he doesn't strike me as someone knocking on six foot's door.
  Either way, there hasn't been a president under 6' since Jimmy Carter. Before that was Eisenhower. That's two presidents in the television era to be elected under 6'.
context: I don't think Cruz or Rubio ever led in polling in the 2016 primary. It was first Jeb (governor) and then Trump (CEO). Kasich (governor) was towards the top as well as Carson (doctor) and Christie (governor). 
  Conventional wisdom has always placed governors above senators for presidential resumes. I don't think that has ever not been the case. >
  
  Yeah, DeSantis is giving Jeb vibes. He’s actually quite boring when you listen to him. So I would hold off on annotating him as the rightful heir to the Trump crown. >
  
  Yeah his stock is gonna keep rising as people read more and more headlines and snippets about him, but when the primary comes around and they all listen to him speak, he's gonna come crashing back down. 
  And it's not that he's stupid or slow or crazy or anything, those are fine for the GOP base; as you said, he's boring, and that is a killer to them. >
  
  He's also short and has a squirrely voice.
  Edit: I'll also add that he barely beat Putnam in the 2018 GOP primary and barely beat a pretty bad candidate in Andrew Gillum in the general in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat for governor in generations. He ran against an absolute hump in Charlie Crist in 2022 in a midterm year favorable to Republicans. 
  I have no idea why anyone thinks this dude is a shoe-in to be the GOP nominee let alone the president. >
  
  is 5'11" short now?