Is there a Democrat out there who can excite and motivate enough voters to knock off the MAGA GOP in 2028? A number of of them were discussed in a NY Times article, especially governors J.P.Pritzgar of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, and California’s Gavin Newsom. Hal Ginsberg and I looked at those and several others on Haitics,the daily YouTube videocast.

No one candidate stood out, and Hal felt there should have been more discussion of their policy differences. I was more satisfied with the article as I saw its purpose was to touch on the reasons and qualifications they had that would allow them to be in contention for the nomination.

We talked about President Trump thinking and acting like he owns every part of the federal government, even if he doesn’t have the law on his side. Hal and I were not happy about a Democratic group called Chorus, a liberal influencer marketing platform designed to raise money for elections, but with many strings attached for donors. I noted that billionaires like Elon Musk can overwhelm election results.

Hal mentioned statistics showing the public favors many Democratic Party policies (taxing the rich, more health insurance, higher minimum wage, etc) it hasn’t helped them win elections because big donors usually get their way. That is no way to function as a democracy, and to say we are is naive.