Home discomfort for Ron DeSantis as Florida Republicans edge away

State party's decision to allow Trump on to presidential ballot without loyalty oath shows governor's iron grip is loosening

There haven't been many good days for Ron DeSantis's flailing presidential campaign lately, and news that the Florida governor has slumped to fifth place in a poll for the New Hampshire primary will hardly have lifted his spirits.

Yet the biggest blow of the past week came from Florida's once fiercely loyal Republican party, which appears to be souring on the idea of their man in the White House.