Tad Devine

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133 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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Next Up with Mark Halperin · The Most Influential Issue Shaking Up Elections · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, first, it's somebody that we don't know because they're running for a high office and they haven't been elected yet in the name of it.

So that's candidate number one.

Let's call them the Obama stand in.

OK, who's a state senator or a state representative who may get elected governor or senator and they may be in place.

Are there others who can do it?

Yes, I think there are.

I mean, I think Ro Khanna, who I know and I think is a very smart guy and solid person.

I think he has the capacity to not only to deliver that message, but to build the kind of broad, you know, coalition of people of different races.

Could AOC do it?

I think AOC could do it.

I mean, if I were advising her, I would say, listen, become a senator or a governor first and then run for president.

You don't have to wait a long time after you do that because I think it's important for somebody like her, she's young, to demonstrate that she has the capacity to serve in that high office before becoming president.

That threshold of credibility for the presidency is the highest one in our politics.

But does she have the talent to do it?

Does she have the smarts to do it?

Yes, absolutely.

I think she could do it.

And I think there could be others.

Some people seem to be coming towards that message very quickly.

And, you know, anyone who can deliver it, I think, with clarity, with confidence and, you know, with an understanding of how to relate to people and be the kind of candidate who connects with them, they could deliver it.

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