Mark Halperin
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3 Aug
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In any event, if those three are not the answer for the progressives, not just the Democratic Socialists of America, but the grassroots movement that Senator Sanders currently leads, there's going to be a vacuum there that has to be filled by someone.
And if you've got a guy whose political skills have been compared to Bill Clinton, a guy who's a master on social media, every bit as good as Mondami.
A guy whose ambitions, both sort of in the abstract, but specifically to remake the country, are so large.
And a guy who's a freshman senator from the battleground state of Michigan.
I don't know why he wouldn't be sucked into that conversation about being a presidential candidate, as you said earlier.
J.D.
Vance demonstrated and Barack Obama demonstrated.
You don't need to wait your turn anymore in the age in which we live.
The party elders are not going to be able to stop you.
And in some cases, we'll welcome you in.
So I think he could be a presidential candidate and I think he could be the nominee.
Now, again, cart before the horse.
Let's see if he's the nominee for Senate.
Let's see if he can win the general election.
But if he does, he could be the presidential nominee.
He could be the kingmaker.
He could also be and would be an extraordinarily disruptive force in Washington because he's not interested in business as usual.
You have a lot of Democratic politicians who say, oh, I don't take super PAC money.
I don't take money from corporate interests.
But they are still governed by the Democratic Party structure, which is fueled every bit as much as the Republicans by taking special interest money, unions, businesses, etc.,
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