Fantasy draft: 2028 presidential race
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How messy is the 2028 presidential field and who are the early rumored candidates?
Presidential races are always messy, but 2028 is shaping up to be our messiest presidential campaign yet. It's poised to be the first open contest for the presidential race for both parties since 2016. And already, there are a ton of names who are rumored to be thinking about throwing their name in the mix. People like AOC, Kamala Harris, or outsiders like George Clooney, who, of course, made his mark in the last Democratic presidential campaign with that op-ed calling for Biden to drop out. And on the Republican side, of course, there's J.D. Vance. But what about Marco Rubio, Marjorie Taylor Greene, or if Donald Trump runs again? So today I wanted to host a little fantasy draft. I'm going to start cutting out some of the faces who are most likely to be selected.
Now, I do think that outsiders are a good choice to be on this list. I also think that you got to have candidates that speak to the black base. Kamala Harris, Wes Moore, Imperfect Circle. We have Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and even some of the Trump heirs like Donald Trump Jr., And to help me draft, I wanted to invite two of the messiest people I know, said with love, of course, Vox podcaster and journalist Kara Swisher and independent journalist and political commentator Don Lemon. They're going to help me sort through two important questions. Who are the most likely people to be the presidential nominees in 2028? And what name should you take seriously? Let's dig in.
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Welcome to our 2028 presidential campaign fantasy draft. I'm happy to have my guest here, Kara Switzer and Don Lemons. Y'all want to know a secret? Yes. I invited you because I thought this might be a messy presidential campaign, so why not invite the messiest queens I know?
Oh, my God.
Excuse me instead. Excuse me. Listen, that's a title you should carry with you.
There's also one presidential candidate here, too.
Oh, listen, maybe you're going to announce two on this show. Maybe we'll get two. You know, this is a show that is focused on charting America's political future after Donald Trump. And you cannot do that without 2028 presidential candidates. To this point, we've been focused on policies, issues, trends across the midterms. But now it's time to talk about people. And we're going to do that with a little bit of a high stakes game. Now, we're going to have a fantasy draft. Have either of y'all played fantasy sports? No, because we're queens. No. I'm like, that's a little straightforward.
You're going to say gay man and a gay woman.
And a gay woman who hates sports. So go ahead.
So we'll explain this for the uninitiated. We're going to each choose a draft pick. And the goal would be to make a team that is the most likely to have the 2028 presidential nominee or maybe just someone generally on the ticket on your team. Now, we'll all get four selections. And then at the end, we're going to look at each other's teams and think, who do we think has the most likely group of four that will include them of the presidency. Can we just grab? No, no, no, no, no. They're steps, friends.
Don't.
Don't think about it. Now, we have to decide who goes first, so we made a little bucket. We're gonna pick one of these three shovels, and they'll have an order, about one, two, or three, and we'll figure out who's going first in terms of our selection.
Can we not just have a physical throwdown? Because I'd win. Oh! I would actually just concede, so, you know, you're right. All right, okay, all right. You can choose first, though.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How messy is the 2028 presidential field and who are the early rumored candidates?
0:00–7:00
2
What rules and format are we using for the 2028 fantasy draft?
7:00–12:07
3
Why did Kara Swisher pick Marco Rubio and RFK Jr. for her Republican team?
12:07–15:26
4
What arguments did Don Lemon make for selecting Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie, Ted Cruz, and Glenn Youngkin?
15:26–31:49
5
Why did Astead choose J.D. Vance, Donald Trump, Brian Kemp, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders for his Republican roster?
31:49–43:44