[FoxNews] Longtime Democratic consultant James Carville says Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker could potentially be his party's best choice to lead Democrats to victory in the 2028 presidential election.
And Carville, who first gained national attention over three decades ago as the chief strategist for former President Bill Clinton's 1992 White House victory, argues that former Vice President Kamala Harris doesn't have a shot at winning the next Democratic presidential nomination.
The 2028 Democratic nomination battle in the race to succeed term-limited President Donald Trump is expected to draw a crowded and competitive field.
"If I had to say one guy... I'd take JD Pritzker," Carville said this week
| I think it’s a brilliant idea. I think the Democrats should spend the usual hundreds of million dollars, maybe even approaching a billion, running that particular candidate for president. Here’s hoping he doesn’t have health issues along the way, because that would take all the fun out of it for everybody. |
in a sit-down interview with Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo on his 'Arroyo Grande' podcast. Carville was asked which Democrat he could see carrying the flag into 2028.
The billionaire governor, a member of the Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain and who has started several of his own venture capital and investment startups, is running this year for a third term to steer Illinois.
And Pritzker, who has become a leading voice in the Democrats' opposition to Trump and has taken steps to Trump-proof his solidly blue state, has made a handful of trips in recent years to the key early voting states in the race for the White House.
Carville noted that Pritzker "campaigns hard."
Asked about whether he could see Harris as the party's standard-bearer in 2028, Carville responded, "She has no chance."
Harris replaced then-President Joe Biden as the Democrats' 2024 presidential nominee after Biden dropped his bid in July of that year, a month after a disastrous debate performance against Trump. Harris ended up losing the general election to Trump, who narrowly swept all seven key battleground states. |