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Democratic governors may offer a path forward for a party out of power in Washington
AP News ^ | Updated 8:25 AM CDT, August 4, 2025 | Bill Barrow

Posted on 08/04/2025 10:24:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

ATLANTA (AP) — Anderson Clayton wanted a headline name to speak at North Carolina Democrats’ summer gala — but the state party chair bypassed familiar Capitol Hill figures, looking instead to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

She described him as “a real fighter” against President Donald Trump, someone who gets things done because he controls levers of government — unlike any Democrat in Washington.

“I wanted people to hear from one of the Democratic governors who has defended their state, who could look at the president and say, ‘I’m in a position of power right now just like you are, and I’m doing good things,’” Clayton said.

Indeed, some Democratic activists see the party’s 23 governors as their best answer to Trump’s second Republican presidency. Those statehouse chiefs provide proof voters will embrace alternatives — and could give them a roadmap for the 2026 midterms, when Democrats hope at least to reclaim a U.S. House majority. They also will likely be central to the party’s hopes in the 2028 presidential race.

There is no question Democrats are down at the federal level. Republicans control the White House, the House and the Senate, allowing Trump to pursue an aggressive agenda. The party lacks a singular leader, and recent polling shows Democrats are deeply pessimistic about their party’s future.

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Anderson Clayton wanted a headline name to speak at North Carolina Democrats’ summer gala — but the state party chair bypassed familiar Capitol Hill figures, looking instead to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

They're dead, Jim.

1 posted on 08/04/2025 10:24:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Illegal immigration is a subject the Democrats would rather not talk about. They’ll give us the smoke and mirrors of how they will protect the border, but want “comprehensive immigration reform”. In other words they want mass amnesty. No Democrat presidential candidate in 2028 will be honest of their position on this issue. Count on it!


2 posted on 08/04/2025 10:31:58 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democratic governors can only offer a path downward into lies, perversion, murder, and treason against the United States of America.


3 posted on 08/04/2025 10:32:48 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again! )
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To: dowcaet

“In other words they want mass amnesty. “

So do many Republicans. Wait and see.


4 posted on 08/04/2025 10:33:27 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: dljordan

You’re right about that too. Many RINOS certainly want it as well to please their big money donors who want the cheaper labor for their industries.


5 posted on 08/04/2025 10:44:30 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Carl Vehse

Prickster has been very effective…at driving people out of Illinois


6 posted on 08/04/2025 10:52:37 AM PDT by bigbob (If thou doth eff around, thou wilt findeth out)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Prickster SUCKS!


7 posted on 08/04/2025 11:25:50 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Carl Vehse

“looking instead to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker”

Prickster turns people off big time. A obnoxious pig who got reelected because he got 90% of Cook Country votes. They really are clueless if they plan to trot him out.


8 posted on 08/04/2025 11:52:56 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah, except everything the democrats touch turns to shit.

Good luck with this, a Hail Mary if there ever was one…..


9 posted on 08/04/2025 3:30:55 PM PDT by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

RATs have a strategy.


10 posted on 08/04/2025 6:11:14 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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