(Liberty Nation)—If you had to summarize the predicament confronting the Democratic Party as its members stumble through the political wilderness, Rahm Emanuel saying that his good friend David Axelrod put him up to the job would do nicely. The party’s activist grassroots base yearns for systemic progressive change – but it remains bogged down by connected establishment insiders who have no plans of relinquishing power to the new blood anytime soon.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, also known as ex-President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, might be running for president in 2028. Then again, maybe he’ll run for governor of Illinois – or senator. Who knows? When asked if he might be mulling a 2028 White House run, he told the hosts of ABC’s The View: “I am in training – I don’t know if I’ll make the Olympics.” So yes, he’s considering it – but there are other options to weigh as well.
Rahm Emanuel: Just Put Me Somewhere
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker’s second term expires in January 2027, and there is nothing to prevent him from seeking a third four-year tenure except higher political ambition. Pritzker, who governs as a social leftist but is also a multibillionaire with strong establishment ties, is eying a 2028 presidential campaign of his own, and one man is urging him to go for it.
“Third terms are notoriously perilous, and things that can go wrong tend to go wrong in third terms,” David Axelrod, former chief strategist and senior advisor to Obama, told WBEZ Radio in Chicago on May 13. “If your attention is divided between running for president, which is a hellacious job in itself, and … dealing with crises at home, that is a very difficult balance to strike.”
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