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Want to know how lost the Democrats are? Their best idea for 2028 is Andy Beshear saying the party should be led by governors. That's it.
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Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) wants the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee to be someone like him — a fellow governor. “I think Democratic governors should be the face of the Democratic Party,” Beshear, the head of the Democratic Governors Association, bluntly told Newsweek, touting their abilities to “get stuff done” in comparison to Washington lawmakers.
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Want to know how lost the Democrats are? Their best idea for 2028 is Andy Beshear saying the party should be led by governors. That's it. That's the message. Governors who "get stuff done." No policies, no positions, just a vague promise that someone in Frankfort or Annapolis is less embarrassing than someone in Washington.
The tell is that Beshear's own success depends on running away from the national party. He wins in Kentucky because he stays as far as possible from the left's worst impulses. That's not a plan. That's a survival instinct, not a platform. Democratic leadership would eat him alive in a primary, and the general election would be a rerun of every previous attempt to rebrand a progressive voting record as "moderate."
We've seen this play before. It ends with the same people in charge, the same policy fever dreams, and the same shocked reaction when the voters see through it. President Trump didn't win by being the safe choice. He.
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