This kind of a gesture would rarely be noteworthy for most politicians. But the early rap on DeSantis from his fellow Republicans is that, for all his smarts and shrewdness, he lacks appeal, and is possibly unwilling or not able to post to the longstanding rituals of retail politics. So the mere actuality that he table-hopped at a evening meal in his honor — and that additional than a number of of his contributors were being thrilled more than enough about the private touch to recount it to me right after the shut-push fete — is revealing. The governor’s happy-handing illustrates that he’s absorbed the critique about his aloofness and…