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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dems are in big trouble.  Trump not running in 2028, Dem turnout will be low.  The electorate trusts Republicans more on most important issues. [/quote]

Trump as the sitting POTUS with his 35% approval rating will have plenty of influence on the 2028 election and the Dems won't have Biden's dark cloud hanging overhead.

Advantage Dems big time![/quote]

But Dems need a good candidate. [/quote]

There are these things we used to have called primary elections where POTUS candidates present themselves and their platforms to the party electorate and then voters select the candidate they feel is best suited to represent the party as their nominee in a state by state manner. That process is where "good" candidates come from. We are moving on from the days of mega-donors selecting a nominee years in advance based on who is most likely to look after the interests of those wealthy donors. Be patient. It's a process. [/quote]

Why are you hopeful that donors will play less of a role in the 2028 primaries than they played in 2016, 2020, and 2024?  Have elections gotten cheaper?  Have small donors grown richer relative to rich donors?  Have powerful people decided to hand over their power to unpredictable Bernie Bros and AOC Gals?[/quote]

It's called faith. I have more faith in the Dem Party righting the ship by 2028 than the faith I have in the GOP getting their poop together during the Trump era. We don't need a miracle. We don't need a generational talent to come along to rescue us. We just need a return to proper leadership.

Some of this responsibility falls on the shoulders of everyday people using basic common sense so not to be duped into another Biden situation. We'll be able to beat the GOP Trump endorsed candidate with just about anyone in 2028 just as we did in 2020 but we can't afford to put our democracy in the hands of someone who will just immediately fumble it back to Trump's posse in 2032. After 8 years of a normal Dem in office, the GOP will get tired of losing and they'll shed the MAGA nonsense.[/quote]

I don’t like our chances.  Our energy is much more focused on protesting Trump than on reforming our primary process or taming our mega donors.  Maybe we’ll get a better mega-donor approved candidate this time, but I don’t see any reason to think we’ll get a primary-voter-approved candidate if the donors don’t like him or her.  The lessons that you and I agree on from 2016 and 2020 did NOT drive improved primary behavior from the donors and party apparatchiks in 2924.  Slow learners?  Or is it just very difficult for rich and powerful people to ever conclude “we’ll make better decisions if I have less of a say.”  It’s the truth, but it’s hard for them to admit it and even harder for them to let go of the wheel.[/quote]

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