a real problem for 2028? Is there an even slightly palatable candidate out there for them? And the clock is very much ticking. Even now it seems that pretty much there is no time left for another candidate to start from zero and run. It would have to be someone who already has huge name recognition!
After the ’26 catastrophe that I’m hardly alone in predicting, they’ll crawl into the ’28 cycle with no momentum, no credibility, and — as usual — no decent candidate. And, unless Beijing is unusually generous, not enough money to spend on campaigns. They won’t even have a candidate who’s good enough to garner enough support from their own party to make a decent run of it.
The truth is, name ONE decent candidate that the Democrats have run or threatened to run, since Barack Obama… Yeah, I can’t think of one, either. AND, there’s no one even on the horizon.
Oh sure, Democrats will, in the future, come up with a decent candidate for President. But it won’t be in 2028!
See, I think that Democrats need to change. But they won’t, and their 2024 “election autopsy” makes that abundantly clear. To actually change, one has to admit that one was wrong and needs to change. Step One…
But, as the autopsy shows, Democrats WILL not admit–so they cannot change. They are simply not psychologically capable of admitting fault. Hence, they are stuck. The one option that could save them is the one they simply cannot manage. They have fallen and they can’t get up…
And they won’t be able to change until there really is no choice for them. They are addicted to Leftism. And as with ALL addictions, they can’t change until they hit “Rock Bottom.” And their overweening, pompous self-regard insulates them from the idea that they need to change…
What WILL eventually happen is that a Democrat candidate will come along who talks sense and has a “Sister Souljah Moment.” This may or not be disingenuous and just a strategic act, but the disaffected Democrat voters will swoon. “Mushy Middle” Republicans will be favorably impressed.
My guess is that the candidate will bash an already-limping orthodox Lefty sacred cow such as child “gender transitions” or “global warming” or in-your-face Drag queens. THAT will give him or her some “street cred” with Republican voters, as well.