Nah. This is the weakness of the current party system. The deep state probably wants Desantis, but they can't help the fact Desantis sounds like a whiny hall monitor. But generally he has good track record as governor.

Pence doesn't have good track record. January 6th, he bowed to the wrong god. And all the rest are pointless too. They are just adding bodies to the clown car. This works in Trump's favor. He slammed the field the first time. Maybe the deep state is dumb enough to think this is a good idea, but it is not what I'd go for if I were deep state. I'd tell them to stand down or else, and then find someone who could plausibly pose as more Trump than Trump.

Maybe they think they'll get him out with prosecutions or straight up killing him, but I it's hard for me to believe they think any of these losers will beat Trump. Of course, I suppose they can always just cheat again...