You don't even have the ability to tell us which of the currently-available crop of politicians on the Dem or Progressive side, that you believe would have a fair shot at unifying the electorate and obtaining a working majority.


I posted a number of posts a few weeks ago on the subject, even said which sector the next presidential candidate might come from- even gave you three or four names.

And if I’m not mistaken, you even engaged in that discussion- though in your usual dismissive fashion.

Ok- here you go…… four names:

Beshear, Pritzger, Newsome, Shapiro.

What do those names have in common?

They’re governors, defending their states against the depredations of this administration.

They are fighters, each in their own way.

I would include my own governor, Gretchen Witmer. And I probably should include her. After her legislature turned purple, she’s not the firebrand she used to be. Why? Because to get anything done, she has to work with Republicans, and that is not a bad thing.

But the pool I am looking at is the pool of Democratic governors- particularly those who have tried to hold the line against the incompetence and performative cruelty of the Trump administration.

Each has been successful in some ways, not so successful in others. Each has an upside as well as a downside, but I think this pool provides the best reservoir of presidential competence, at least for this presidential cycle.