THEY COULD DO WORSE — AND PROBABLY WILL: Will the 2028 Democratic nominee be ‘none of the above’?

In a recent poll from a company called Echelon Insights — which describes itself as “erasing old industry lines that separate the process of conducting research from the tools to act on it” — Harris was leading the Democratic field with 26 percent of the primary vote, followed by Buttigieg at 11 percent, Newsom at 10 percent, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) at 7 percent and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) at 6 percent.

I have spoken with numerous Democrats in or around the business of politics over the last few months. Not one believes that Harris will — or should be — the nominee. Similarly, none believe the other four names topping the poll will be the standard-bearer come November 2028.

As has been stated many times in the past, a good lawyer can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. The same holds true for polling. Depending on where you poll and how you shade the questions, a poll can bolster the views and desires of one partisan entity over the other, be they Democrats or Republicans.
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Not only has the party not done so, but it has doubled and tripled down on “woke” and “DEI” rhetoric while still loudly pushing its main “policy” plank from 2024: “We hate Trump.”

The ’28 Dem primaries promise to be a wild ride, but the most fun might be watching party elders try to rig the process for their version of a winning candidate.