The End of Kingmakers: Why 2028 Will Redefine the Democratic Party

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🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Political commentator Ross Barkan joins Andrew Yang at the Hudson Valley Ideas Festival to discuss the wide-open 2028 Democratic primary, the fall of party kingmakers like Obama, and the rise of a new generation of governors. They explore outsider candidates, media strategy, and Barkan’s own political run—including his early work with now-mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani. Send Andrew your questions as text and voice memos to ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠! ---- Follow Andrew Yang: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ross Barkan: Substack | Website | X ---- Get 50% off Factor at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Factor Meals⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get an extra 3 months free at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Express VPN⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Helix Sleep⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Use code: helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to the Andrew Yang Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.6	I really do think the governor's coming in, whoever it is, Shapiro Polis, they can say,
1:10.0	listen, I'm going to manage the country
1:12.5	again. You got chaos. You did eight years of Trump now, ready for something else. There are no
1:19.0	institutional power brokers who can really decide the direction of this primary. Obama can't do it.
1:27.2	The clitons are history now.
1:29.3	The boring answer I have is that it's anyone's ballgame.
1:38.3	Our next speaker is someone who's writing, you probably have seen maybe without even knowing it.
1:47.0	So Ross Barkhan is a prolific writer for New York Times, New York Magazine, where he's a columnist.
1:54.0	He's a contributing writer at the New York Times.
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