The path to the 2028 primary
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🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey and Rhonda Colvin are joined by national political reporter Maeve Reston to break down what's going on with Democrats – from the big stars like Kamala Harris, who have recently run for office, to the up-and-coming names who are already positioning themselves for potential 2028 presidential runs.
Plus, what are Democrats in Congress, and former Biden officials, doing to fight back against the Trump administration's most controversial policies?
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| 0:00.0 | Look what happened. |
| 0:02.0 | Is this crazy? |
| 0:03.0 | We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the history. |
| 0:08.0 | Make America great Hickley. |
| 0:11.0 | How can you be against them? |
| 0:17.0 | So you may have heard President Trump has been in office for 100 days. Yeah, it's been all over the news. |
| 0:23.6 | He's been doing interviews and a rally. Many of us in journalism are taking stock at this 100-day mark. |
| 0:29.6 | Rhonda, you know, a lot of polls were done. It's a good excuse to do a poll. But the polls showed the declining popularity of this presidency that's been marked by sweeping |
| 0:37.6 | change, controversy, and a lot of chaos. |
| 0:41.1 | But that is not what we're talking about today. |
| 0:43.1 | We're giving you a reprieve from all things Donald Trump. |
| 0:46.5 | Because while he's been the focus of so much news, there are signs of life from those |
| 0:51.0 | other folks, the Democrats, like shoots poking through the dirt in the spring or buds |
| 0:56.8 | coming to life on trees. They're really starting to emerge with strategies, messages of rebellion, |
| 1:03.0 | encouraging hope, and asking Americans to stay strong. So, welcome to Sidebar from the Washington Post. |
| 1:09.8 | I'm Libby Casey, and I'm here with Rhonda Colvin in the studio. |
| 1:12.8 | We're also joined by our special guest all the way from the West Coast, National Political Reporter, |
| 1:18.3 | Maeve Reston, who woke up quite early for us here on this Thursday. |
| 1:22.4 | Today, Maeve, we're going to talk to you a lot about which Democrats are emerging as leaders |
| 1:26.3 | and what messages are they |
| 1:27.9 | trying to transmit? And is there room for all these different messages to sort of be coming |
| 1:31.9 | at Americans at once? Or do they need to have really sort of a unified voice? Let's start with |
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