Going to be a crowded field in 2028............

[riversedge]

I have had a feeling for a long time that Sen Amy Klobuchar would toss her hat into the Democratic run for President. But--sadly, I also think that not enough of USA folks‪ will vote for woman. IMHO



Ron Filipkowski‬
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Going to be a crowded field in 2028.

Going to be a crowded field in 2028.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-05-21T14:50:33.203Z

[Biophilic]

1. 2028 is such a long way away, especially under this administration.

It makes no sense to me for us to be even considering it. We need to get through 2026 successfully first and that seems like a long way away also.

[DFW]

2. She tried in 2020, and got nowhere

Some people who were way closer to the Biden campaign than I was have indicated that Amy was his number 1 choice for VP, and that he got talked out of it. He won, so it's not my place to say if he could have done better or not. I could see that scenario, but it's water under the bridge by now. Amy could do the job, and do it well, but I'm not sure she's interested in trying again. It will be a crowded field in any case, and it is certainly possible that the eventual nominee will be someone who is currently on no one's radar for now. Anyone who is thinking of making a serious run of it in 2028 is a fool if he or she announces it now in any case.

What we could REALLY use right now is another round of Howard Dean (or a clone) as DNC chair. From 2005 to the end of 2008, Howard worked tirelessly to get the Senate and House back in Democratic hands, and he actually did the job. It was exhausting, and he was the only man I knew in those days who spent more time on the road than I did. Plus, North America is a far greater area to be crisscrossing on a daily basis than Central Europe. I'm still betting he's THE one to go to if we want to take Congress back. We aren't in touch as much as we were, though we do stay in touch. If I have him on speed dial, it's a safe bet the DNC does, too. Obama was in a far more solid position when he won the presidency in 2008, after two years of a Democratic Congress in place. If we don't come through in 2026 (and I don't see how we'll do that in the Senate, despite the long time leading up to then), our candidate will not have the free ride that Obama had in 2008. The reason the 2008 Democratic primary was such a fierce contest was that it was already obvious that the winner of the Democratic primary that year was also the next president. If the country had a large dosage of common sense, the same would be true for 2028, but an impending national wave of common sense in the USA seems to be about as likely in three years as the return of herds of woolly mammoths in Alaska and Siberia.

[617Blue]

3. Don't give 2 shits about 28.

[SKKY]

4. Unfortunately, you're probably right, and some of those preconceived notions...

...are hurting some of our best candidates. Hispanic males won't vote for a woman. Black males won't vote for Pete Buttigieg. I think we're close, and there are some excellent women who would do a very good job (i.e. Whitmer, McMorrow, AOC, etc), and Pete is a generational talent on so many levels, but we're just not there yet.

[Ping Tung]

5. It should be interesting primaries to see which way the party swings. I think Amy would be a swell candidate.

I'm quite far to the left but think Amy is a liberal that's not too liberal for the centrists or too moderate for the liberal/left.

[pinkstarburst]

6. I really like Amy Klobuchar

She had good things to say in the 2020 primaries. We have lots of amazing candidates to choose from. My favorite is Pete Buttigieg at the moment. As for the people saying we can't have a woman run (or a black man, or a gay man, or a Jewish man)... I am not prepared to let the republicans pick our candidate in addition to theirs. 2028 is going to be a change year. I think people want hope. We need to get our voters energized and out to the polls in BIG numbers. The best way to do that is a candidate they feel energized and inspired by. We will see in the primaries who that person turns out to be.

I absolutely reject the idea that we must limit ourselves to straight christian white males. If we cut down our choices to only a narrow 15% of the field, that is going to deenergize our voters. We had that problem to some extent in 2024--a candidate no one got to weigh in on and cast their vote for=low energy. We don't want to repeat that in 2028. Let's give them someone they WANT to vote for!

[themaguffin]

7. I like her, but unfortunately, I don't think that a woman will win right now & we can't afford another loss