Political strategists have yet to be sold, as Democrats, rumored to be the 2028 presidential candidate, have everything they need to unite their party and seize the White House.
Failed candidates Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz in 2024, former Obama White House chief and former Transport Secretary Rahm Emmanuel Pete Battigeg And Gavin Newsom of California, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Andy Besher of Kentucky, and Wes Moore of Maryland are believed to potentially expand the White House run in 2028 as Democrats fight the path out of the political wilderness. Despite still enough paths before the campaign began, candidates could find it extremely difficult to bring the party together and appeal to America enough to regain their presidency, experts told the Daily Callenor News Foundation.
“We are what we call the “invisible primary” phase of the election cycle. Because it’s so early, the public is not paying attention to these early plots.” “At this point, what’s taking part in this process is the relatively small, isolated ecosystem of candidates themselves and donors, party activists, elected officials doing this kind of thing, either as passion or as a profession. It’s a very small and limited process right now, but it’s definitely happening.” (Related: Tim Waltz appears to be aiming for Kamala Harris 2028 ambitions)
Tim Waltz will be held at the Austin Convention Center at the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival held in Austin, Texas on March 8, 2025. (Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
Recent votes generally show that Democrats are far more eager to replicate Harris’ role as the party’s standard rep. According to Go to Newsweek. While most democratic politicians may not be able to quickly highlight the flaws and challenges that could hinder each candidate, Michigan’s Democratic commentator and consultant Adolf Mango hadn’t pulled a punch.
“A bunch of losers,” Mango told DCNF about the many hot names mentioned in relation to the 2028 run potential. “I’m looking for someone who can get more realistic and not just be able to prey on it, but take it. Democrats ran a spineless 2024 campaign, letting Republicans create stories and never responded to it.”
“Harris made the biggest booboo with a pick from Minnesota, nice guy, good governor, but they needed someone to become a bulldog who could attract new voters,” Mango said, referring to Walz. “You know, they dropped the ball on some issues, one on immigration and two on trans rights. The third is that they’re the norm, black voters, Hispanic voters, they just did everything wrong. And the biggest booboo was that a couple of years ago the president should have been the first term guy, they didn’t do anything and waited too late… they might just leave him.”
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Another governor with a leftist record in his state, Waltz appears to be feeling the water for his own run as he embarks on a National City Hall tour focused on the Republican district of the vulnerable home. In particular, Walz’s first stop is in Iowa. This happens to be one of the most important major battlefield states. (Related: Despite “AB-prospect failures” over 2020 riots, strict COVID policies, Harris records the “love” waltz
Then Transport Director Pete Battigigue took the stage on the third day of the Democratic National Convention held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Foxwell believes that each name floating around candidates whenever possible has a path to victory, and that some Democrats, including Newsom, are reorienting issues such as protecting women’s sports and spreading appeal away from hard-line positions. However, Foxwell says the party is on the rise now given the confusion that the numbers for the main field are “all maps.”
“For example, Gavin Newsom is like defeating the public opinion in the establishment of a Democrat on the issue of trans women’s sports, for example, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has strategically emphasized cooperation and collaboration with the White House. “But I don’t think there is a singular approach to Democrats as to how we move forward, so I don’t think there is a singular approach to this major field. I think we’re still on the map about what happened in 2024 and how we should position ourselves in the 2028 approach. I think you’ll see the uncertainty and lack of cohesion in the president’s main field.”
Newsom recently launched its podcast program. The podcast program frequently hosted central guests to discuss life and politics, unfolding waves on an episode in early March, with Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. Given that Newsom’s record as California governor loads radical policies on transgender issues, as well as left-wing positions on energy, public health and more, it remains to be seen whether Newsom’s virus comments about that injustice will stick to the voter public.
According to Foxwell, who shared the view that Emmanuel is too closely linked to the American politics era that Emmanuel has come to, Moore could emerge as a candidate to watch to fill the party’s “ambitious lanes.” And while Newsom appears to be triangulating himself in 2028 to position himself at the highest level, Foxwell believes Newsom is a bad choice for Democrats as the governor of California “embodies all the worst negative stereotypes of modern Democrats.”
Buttigieg recently opted to run for governor or Senate in Michigan in the 2026 cycle, speculating that he is expanding 2028 after being cut off in the 2020 Democratic primary. Buttigieg’s highest level of public service is as a highly absent Biden administration member, and veteran political journalist Mark Halperin speculated Thursday that Buttigieg’s short stature and sexual orientation could hurt him with voters. (Related: Democrat Committee set up to launch a town hall tour of the Republican district after the party’s brutal 2024 loss)
Then President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speak to the media on July 13, 2024 while stopping by the Leading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (photo by Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images)
John McHenry, Vice President of North Star Opinion Research and GOP polling analyst, said there was one participant in the “invisible primary” that stands out for him now so that he could defeat Republicans in the general election.
“I think Josh Shapiro is the Democrat who is most likely to beat Republicans in 2028,” McNally told DCNF. “The way he governs in Pennsylvania may not win a nomination on the Republican side, but it was still pretty effective. He seems to have the innate ears of Pennsylvania, like many Democrats don’t have. You know, Tim Waltz is the perfect example. He’s from Minnesota and looks like your football coach, and he’s not in full contact as much as you can, but Josh Shapiro actually seems he got it.”
As Mchenry sees, the problem with Shapiro is that he may not be able to appeal to leading Democratic voters by making him a potentially horrifying general election opponent.
“I can imagine someone who will nominate JD Vance, or a Republican, two or three years from early voting. I think he’ll be very competitive, but I don’t know he’ll be that competitive in the Democratic primary,” McNally told DCNF. “In a sense, some of the people who are already running for the federal government are in the advantage of running to the primary. They’ve already been tacked fairly hard to the left to beat that primary, which is a whole other consideration. If you’re a successful governor, you probably aren’t like the crazy left-wing pro-hama crowd on the Democrat side, and frankly, many of the successful governors on the Republican side are not like the people of the Maga.”
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