“Normally, acting like a presidential candidate this early would be considered amateurish, psychopathically ambitious behavior—but this is 2025,” Puck’s Abby Livingston writes.⁠ ⁠ “The Democratic Party is so desperate for visible figures who can challenge Donald Trump that up-and-comers are traveling the country like stand-up comedians, workshopping their material at town halls and in interviews.”⁠ ⁠ At the link in bio, Abby assembles an early (early, early) 2028 leaderboard.⁠ ⁠ Photos: Getty Images (Kevin Dietsch, Jerod Harris, Kevin Dietsch, Paul Morigi/We The 45 Million, Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine, Chip Somodevilla, Drew Angerer, Jerod Harris, Celal Gunes/Anadolu)⁠ ⁠ #Washington #Politics #GretchenWhitmer #GavinNewsom #AndyBeshear #WesMoore #RaphaelWarnock #ChrisMurphy #RoKahanna #RubenGallego #ElissaSlotkin #TimWalz #AbigailSpanberger #JonOssoff #MikieSherrill #PeteButtigieg #KamalaHarris #AmyKlobuchar #AOC #RahmEmanuel