From a Washington Post story by Jeremy Barr headlined “After midterms, Ron DeSantis eclipses Trump on Fox News”:

While the outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections was still up in the air Wednesday evening, political prognosticators on Fox News were already forecasting a very bright political future for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Many pundits on the cable channel have spent years championing former president Donald Trump as the candidate most likely to lead Republicans back to the White House, but the tone on Fox was noticeably different as election results rolled in. DeSantis’s landslide victory over Democrat Charlie Crist was one of the few bright spots for Republicans as they watched their hopes of a midterm red wave fade, and many commentators suggested that the governor might make a better 2024 nominee than the former president.