David Pakman

that in all recent elections, whoever was most talked about two and a half to three years out was never the eventual nominee counterpoint.

This time is different counterpoint.

This time there's an earlier discussion of who people want and therefore you can trust the polling to some degree.

So Democrats are going to have to figure this out.

There are major implications for 2028 because the path to winning is going to run through coalition building.

It's not going to be universal agreement.

It's who can we bring in?

There are some on the left already saying, here's my list of I would never vote for.

And I've heard the people who go, I would never vote for Kamala.

I would never vote for AOC.

I would never vote for Newsome.

I would never.

We're all going to have to really think about the options.

And the way I approach this is when there's a primary, I look at my options and I pick the best option.

When there's a general election, I look at my options and I pick the best option.

And at the end of the day, whether you call it harm reduction, picking who you like or whatever, my goal is no more want to be dictators after January of twenty twenty nine.

Let me know if you agree.

Let me know if you disagree.

How do people fall in line with authoritarians in the first place?

How do people end up voting for someone like a Donald Trump, even when his policies and his decisions often work against the interests of the most ardent supporters?