Isaac Dovere: Hakeem Jeffries, Governors Pritzker, Shapiro, Newsom and Whitmer Are Current Leaders in the Democratic Party

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DOVERE: “Then you look again to the states and you see people like the governors of some of the big and notable states. In Illinois, J.B. Pritzker. In Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro. In California, Gavin Newsom. Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan. It‘s not a coincidence that these are names that often get thrown around in the presidential prospects of 2028, though I think that that‘s way too early. And there will be some senators, too. John Fetterman obviously has made himself a very much a person who lots of reporters like going to. He tends to be very candid and frank with his thoughts. There's other people like Cory Booker from New Jersey. These are the sorts of people. But I will tell you, I remember where things were eight years ago when the Democrats were licking their wounds over the 2016 race. And if you thought in 2016 you knew where the party was going or that it would end up with Joe Biden being the Democratic nominee and then the president in 2020, you would have been called crazy. And so we just don‘t know who these people are. It‘s possible that the Democratic nominee in 2028, presidential nominee, will be one of the people that I just named. It‘s possible we don‘t even know that person‘s name yet, that they haven‘t gotten into politics or that they‘re still emerging, climbing up the ranks. And in the meantime, though, it will be those people who have the centers of power, and I think especially those governors and Hakeem Jeffries in the House are going to be in the position to be leading the party in these first couple of fights, the first year or two of fights, and getting prominence from doing so."