Dancedreamer posted... People keep forgetting Pritzker's baggage. He's got a lot of it, and he's a billionaire. He's doing some good things, and I have nothing against him, but much like with Newsom, he's not in my Top 5 picks.
Pritzker's far ahead of anybody who's been floated to me, but that's a depressingly low bar to clear.
I'd happily take Crockett or Walz or Mamdani or Omar if they were available.
I'd hold my nose for AOC or Sanders.
I'd consider Harris or Obama, and most of the other Dems go here too.
Newsom or a Clinton means I go third party again, Buttigieg probably does too, along with a lot of the high ranking dems.
(caveat: I may or may not be able to vote at all by 2028, and it won't be in a state where it matters. I am also aware some of these are more likely and legal than others, but that doesn't seem to matter much, lately)
I don't feel like my bar is that high, and I've lowered it in response to Trump and pals, but I simply don't align all that well with the Dems at this point, beyond lesser-of-two-evils stuff. You can try to guilt trip me with enemy of my enemy stuff, but that sure didn't seem to work out in the UK.
My issues are trans+queer+other marginalized rights, Palestine, police state+surveillance+censorship, actually trying to fix or slow down any of Trump's crap, and education. I'd probably hold my nose for a Dem that could throw me a bone on, like, two of those.