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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Rubio: Vance would be ‘great' GOP nominee in 2028 ‘if he decides he wants to do that'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Vice President Vance would be a 'great nominee' for the Republican Party in 2028, should he decide to run for the White House. In an interview on Fox News's 'My View with Lara Trump,' Rubio sidestepped a question about his own presidential ambitions when asked by the president's daughter-in-law whether his own sights are 'set outside the State Department.' 'I think JD Vance would be a great nominee … if he decides he wants to do that,' Rubio said during the interview Saturday. 'I think he's doing a great job as vice president. He's a close friend, and I hope he intends to do it,' Rubio added. Pivoting back to his own political future, Rubio said he loves his job as secretary of State and intends to serve out his full term. He noted that would likely preclude him from running for president in 2028. 'I know it's kind of early, but being in the role that I'm in here, as the secretary of State, I really don't play in politics. There's actually rules against me being involved in domestic politics,' Rubio said. 'And I want to do this job, as long as the president allows me to do it, and stay in that job, which would keep me here all the way through January of 2028,' he added. Rubio, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2016, did not shut the door to a future White House bid, but he said he would be satisfied if his career of public service peaks with his tenure at the State Department. 'I feel, honestly, you never know what the future holds. You never rule things out or anything, because you just don't know. Things change very quickly,' Rubio said. 'But that said, I believe that if I am able to be here through the duration of this presidency — and we get things done at the pace that we've been doing the last six months — I'll be able to look back at my time in public service and say, 'I made a difference, I had an impact, and I served my country in a very positive way.'' 'And I would be satisfied with that as the apex of my career,' Rubio said. 'And so that's what I'm focused on right now because what we're doing some special things that I think are going to bear dividend and fruit for a generation.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Carville avoids addressing claim that Hunter Biden 'could be president'
When asked about Hunter Biden's prospects of being a 2028 White House contender, Democratic strategist James Carville skirted the question. This came after Hunter Biden bashed members of the Democratic Party in a three-hour interview released earlier this week for not supporting his father in the 2024 election. During the viral interview, Biden lashed out at Carville, saying the veteran strategist "hasn't run a race in forty f--kin' years." "I don't take any offense what Hunter said about me," Carville told "Jesse Watters Primetime" Thursday. "I mean, this guy's emotional. He's hurt for his daddy. I completely understand that." Hunter Biden Claims Democrats Lost Because They Weren't Loyal To His Father Carville sidestepped speculation Hunter Biden "could be president," a suggestion most notably made by Joe Rogan. "He could be president," Rogan said Wednesday. "How about that? He could, no bulls--t." Read On The Fox News App Rogan went on to praise the former president's son as "a lot smarter than people give him credit for," as he discussed Biden speaking about his crack cocaine addiction during the interview. James Carville Tells Ex-cnn Host He's Worried Trump Will Tamper With 2026 Midterm Elections "Hunter Biden, after all he's been through, look, his dirty laundry is all out there…He's smarter than his dad when his dad was young," Rogan claimed. "And he was a crackhead." After Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Carville who he thought was "man enough" to take the Democratic Party's nomination, Carville went on to outline what he thinks the Democratic Party "really needs" more broadly. "I don't care about gender, but I want somebody that can talk definitively and clearly," Carville explained. James Carville Dismisses Democratic Party's Record-low Polling: 'We're Winning Elections' The strategist, who worked on former Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992, revealed what he thinks "cost" Democrats the election in 2024. "I think the country wanted change in 2024 and Harris, for whatever reason, refused to say she would change the direction of Biden," Carville noted. "I think that cost the election." Original article source: Carville avoids addressing claim that Hunter Biden 'could be president'
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Poll: Politician who is 'favorite' to win the 2028 presidential election
Vice President JD Vance has come out as the apparent favorite to win the 2028 presidential election, according to a prediction market. The 40-year-old is favorite to become the next commander in chief with a 27 percent chance already, according to Polymarket. In second place was California Governor Gavin Newsom with a 14 percent chance, which has fallen two percent according to the market. Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez closely trails the Golden State leader with a ten percent chance. Others close by the top three frontrunners included Pete Buttigieg with eight percent, and Marco Rubio, with a six percent chance. Outsiders included incumbent President Donald Trump, with a three percent chance, even though he cannot run for a third term, and his son Donald Jr., with the same. Trump has toyed with the idea of running for a third term, despite the Constitution stipulating that presidents are limited to two four-year terms. In late March he told NBC News: 'I'm not joking, there are methods which you could do it,' when asked to elaborate he declined to answer. Vance started fielding questions in February, after just a few weeks in office as the veep, on a potential run for the White House in 2028. Speaking with Fox News in early February he gave little away, saying: 'We'll cross that political bridge when we come to it.' 'We'll see what happens come 2028. But the way that I think about this is, the best thing for my future is actually the best thing for the American people, which is that we do a really good job over the next three and a half years.' Newsom has also been questioned on the possibility of running as the Democratic candidate. Speaking with The Wall Street Journal last month, he told the outlet: 'I'm not thinking about running, but it's a path that I could see unfold.' He added that it was too early to make a decision and would wait to see if the moment felt right, the outlet added. In a Daily Mail poll earlier this year, Trump came out on top against all of his Republican rivals in a hypothetical 2028 primary race. Republican respondents were told to presume that Trump's Constitutional hurdles of getting on the ballot again had been cleared to see if there was an appetite for a third Trump time. A whopping 39 percent said Trump would be their first choice, followed by 19 percent who selected Vice President. After that, failed 2024 candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley garnered 6 percent and 4 percent support, respectively. Without Trump in the equation, Vance dominates the 2028 GOP primary, the new polling found. Forty-eight percent of Republicans chose Vance to be the GOP nominee, followed by just 8 percent who selected DeSantis. Trump is barred from running again due to the 22nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. Republicans could try and amend the Constitution again to allow presidents to serve more than two terms, as one pro-MAGA congressman has suggested — but there's an extremely high bar to do such a thing. The amendment would need to be proposed by either two-thirds of both houses of Congress or by a national convention called by two-thirds of the states. And then the proposal would need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states — either by their legislatures or by special conventions.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Politics
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Democrats in South Carolina are barely pretending they're not already running for president
PAWLEYS ISLAND, South Carolina — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear drew a standing ovation from Georgetown County Democrats Thursday night, after he shook hands and grinned for photos. California Gov. Gavin Newsom packed standing-room-only crowds into a two-day rural county tour of the state last week. California Rep. Ro Khanna kicked off his multi-day swing Friday to promote his populist message to Black voters. The 2028 Democratic primary calendar isn't set yet, but presidential hopefuls are already making bets that South Carolina will hold a powerful role in the nomination process — even if it doesn't keep its number-one spot. While Iowa and New Hampshire are drawing some big names, no other state has seen as much action as this small Southern state. And while these top Democrats credited their appearances to local invitations — and in the case of Beshear, his son's baseball tournament in Charleston — the 2028 implications are clear. Democratic hopefuls road-tested stump speeches and previewed their lines of attack against Republicans and President Donald Trump, all with an eye toward introducing themselves to a set of influential voters. 'I'm out there trying to be a common ground, common sense, get-things-done type of messenger for this Democratic Party,' Beshear told elected officials and party officials in Charleston Thursday morning. 'Because I believe that with what we're seeing coming out of Washington, D.C., the cruelty and the incompetence, that the path forward is right there in front of us.' Christy Waddil, a 67-year-old Democratic voter who waited to shake Beshear's hand Thursday night, said she was 'excited' to meet all these potential contenders. But it's a lot of responsibility to be the first state in the presidential primary calendar, she said: 'We have our work cut out for us now.' In June, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly spoke at an anti-gun event in Charleston to mark the grim anniversary of the Emanuel AME shooting. In May, Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland and Tim Walz of Minnesota headlined a pair of state party events to rub elbows with Rep. Jim Clyburn, the longtime South Carolina kingmaker whose nod helped anoint Joe Biden as the party's nominee in 2020. 'It's not a surprise,' said Clyburn when asked about the state's revolving door of 2028 hopefuls nearly three years before the actual presidential primary. 'Why argue with success? If it ain't broke, why fix it?' South Carolina Democrats know their grip on the top spot is tenuous, with traditional early states like Iowa and New Hampshire eager to reclaim their lead-off position, and others —like North Carolina and Georgia — seeking to emerge as new states to consider. And it comes as there's been a major reshuffling on a powerful panel at the Democratic National Committee that has huge sway over the presidential nominating process. 'None of what those supposed candidates are doing right now is going to have any bearing on what the Rules and Bylaws Committee ultimately does for the calendar,' said Maria Cardona, a longtime member of the powerful panel. 'That may or may not include all of the states that are in the early calendar now.' Democrats haven't won the state in a general election since 1976, and President Donald Trump won it by 18 points last year. It's led more competitive neighbors to wonder whether they should get top billing instead. '[National Democrats] have a lot of mobility to get power back at the federal level by investing early in North Carolina. And I think a lot of people will hear that message loud and clear, especially after we just got our asses kicked,'said state party chair Anderson Clayton, who is interested in usurping its neighbor to the south and angling for one of the open at-large slots on the RBC. 'The future of the state of the Democratic Party also runs right through North Carolina too.' Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will deliver the keynote address at North Carolina's state party unity dinner on July 26, and state party leaders are in talks with Sens. Kelly of Arizona and Cory Booker of New Jersey about visits to the state later this year. But moving the order of primary states is easier said than done. North Carolina is hamstrung by state law from moving its date, and Democrats would need the GOP-controlled legislature to agree to any changes. DNC members have also emphasized smaller states to allow lesser-known candidates to build followings. 'The most powerful force in the universe is inertia, so South Carolina is probably the favorite to stay just because of that,' said an incoming member of the committee granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. 'Every state has a chance to be first, but I do think we have to come into this with a degree of realism.' The DNC is attempting to remain neutral. 'The DNC is committed to running a fair, transparent, and rigorous process for the 2028 primary calendar. All states will have an opportunity to participate,' Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said in a statement. Iowa Democrats are also gearing up on a bid to restore their caucuses to their traditional spot as the nation's first presidential contest. Michigan replaced Iowa as the Midwestern early state in 2024. Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said she planned to have "tough and direct conversations" with the party in a statement, even as the DNC removed Iowa's only representative, Scott Brennan, from the Rules and Bylaws Committee this year. Already, potential 2028 candidates have traveled there, including former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who held a town hall in Cedar Rapids in May. Walz stopped by the Hawkeye State in March, and former Japan Ambassador Rahm Emanuel and freshman Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego are both slated to visit the state in the coming months. New Hampshire Democrats also openly clashed with top DNC officials last cycle — and plan to stick with their state law making it first primary in the nation. Pritzker went to an influential state party dinner there in April. 'The potential candidates on the Democratic side and, to some extent, the Republican side are coming through New Hampshire,' Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said in a brief interview. The positioning at the national party over early states is already underway. Party insiders are voting for the remaining open seats on the panel after DNC Chair Ken Martin named members to the governing body in recent weeks. Cardona said the goal of the committee is to ensure the strongest and most electable candidate emerges from what is expected to be a crowded field. Talks will begin on the next presidential primary calendar later this year, but will ramp up after the midterms. South Carolina's ascension was aimed at recognizing South Carolina's significant Black electorate, long considered the backbone of the Democratic Party. That's partly why Khanna is there, he said in an interview on why he is focusing on reaching out to Black voters. 'I believe that's critical for all the people who want to lead the Democratic Party, in whatever form, and to me it's encouraging that people are going down to South Carolina' to reach them. Beshear, too, expressed support for South Carolina's representation, telling reporters that Democrats 'need to make sure that the South is represented in the primary calendar' because 'for too long, the investments haven't been made in places like Kentucky and in places like South Carolina.' In defense of remaining in the early window, South Carolina Democrats are playing up the state's diverse electorate and inexpensive media markets that could allow for the best presidential candidates — not just the best fundraisers — to emerge in a wide open presidential cycle in 2028. 'The Democratic primary for president is not based on the state's competitiveness in a general election,' said Parmley. 'This is the same bullshit that loses us presidential elections, and we only play in eight competitive states.' Lisa Kashinsky and Kelly Garrity contributed to this report.
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Top politician who's a 'shoo-in' to win the 2028 presidential election
Vice President JD Vance has came out as the apparent favorite to win the 2028 presidential election, according to a prediction market. The 40-year-old is favorite to become the next commander in chief with a 27 percent chance already, according to Polymarket. In second place was California Governor Gavin Newsom with a 14 percent chance, which has fallen two percent according to the market. Democratic firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez closely trails the Golden State leader with a ten percent chance. Others close by the top three frontrunners included Pete Buttigieg with eight percent, and Marco Rubio, with a six percent chance. Outsiders included incumbent president Donald Trump, with a three percent chance, even though he cannot run for a third term, and his son Donald Jr., with the same. Trump has toyed with the idea of running for a third term, despite the Constitution stipulating that presidents are limited to two four-year terms. In late March he told NBC News: 'I'm not joking, there are methods which you could do it', when asked to elaborate he declined to answer. Vance started fielding questions in February, after just a few weeks in office as the veep, on a potential run for the White House in 2028. Speaking with Fox News in early February he gave little away, saying: 'We'll cross that political bridge when we come to it. 'We'll see what happens come 2028. But the way that I think about this is, the best thing for my future is actually the best thing for the American people, which is that we do a really good job over the next three and a half years.' Newsom has also been questioned on the possibility of running as the Democratic candidate. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal last month, he told the outlet: 'I'm not thinking about running, but it's a path that I could see unfold.' He added that it was too early to make a decision and would wait to see if the moment felt right, the outlet added. In a Daily Mail poll earlier this year, Trump came out on top against all of his Republican rivals in a hypothetical 2028 primary race. Republican respondents were told to presume that Trump's Constitutional hurdles of getting on the ballot again had been cleared to see if there was an appetite for a third Trump time. A whopping 39 percent said Trump would be their first choice, followed by 19 percent who selected Vice President. After that, failed 2024 candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley garnered 6 percent and 4 percent support, respectively. Without Trump in the equation, Vance dominates the 2028 GOP primary, the new polling found. Forty-eight percent of Republicans chose Vance to be the GOP nominee, followed by just 8 percent who selected DeSantis. Trump is barred from running again due to the 22nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. Republicans could try and amend the Constitution again to allow presidents to serve more than two terms, as one pro-MAGA congressman has suggested - but there's an extremely high bar to do such a thing. The amendment would need to be proposed by either two-third of both houses of Congress or by a national convention called by two-third of the states. And then the proposal would need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states - either by their legislatures or by special conventions.
