In a Monday op-ed for the New York Times, Carville — who was the strategist behind former President Bill Clinton's campaigns — said that while 2028 is a wide-open contest that could necessitate a "civil war" within the Democratic Party, no clear leader of the party will emerge until after the 2026 midterms. He observed that every Democratic candidate could harness outrage over the "disastrous bill" for "countless" reasons like the law's Medicaid cuts, ballooning of the federal deficit and its prolonging of foreign wars. And he proposed it could be what brings multiple diverse constituencies both within and outside of the Democratic party together, from socialist New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, to centrist Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and even Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Author: Carl Gibson, AlterNet
Published at: 2025-07-21 20:32:40
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