Michigan's Primary Drama, the DOJ's Next Boss, and Hillary Clinton Co-Hosts

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2028 Democratic Primary: The Only Quality That Matters

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Kara asks Clinton for the three most important qualities a 2028 Democratic presidential candidate needs. Clinton collapses the list to one: the ability to win the Electoral College. Everything else — ideology, fighting spirit, gender, age — is subordinate to that calculus. She cautions that Democratic primary voters often vote with their hearts rather than their heads about electability, which is how you end up with candidates who inspire the base but cannot assemble 270 electoral votes. She also warns that Trump will not willingly cede power: his public flirtation with a third term is a tell, she argues, and he may try to install a puppet, use executive power to undermine a Democratic Congress, or find other means to extend his influence. She notes Trump has $400 million in a super PAC and allies like Musk have pledged to spend heavily. The next Democratic president, she adds, will need to immediately purge holdovers — and watch out for political appointees being quietly reclassified as civil servants to subvert the next administration from within. ^{[1] — Hillary Clinton "That he or she can win the Electoral College. That is the only quality. And because we don't know what's going to appeal to the electorate.…" 1:01:03 Play}