They have no back bench. Who else do they have? A bunch of far-left ideologues that'll appeal to their base but lose everywhere else.
They might have a shot with someone like John Hickenlooper or Roy Cooper but the base will never allow it. Whitmer and Newsom have disastrous Covid policies under their belts and California is just a basket case of dysfunction. Imagine the attack ads.
Of course, they'll all beat Trump which is why the Democrats are salivating as Trump's primary polling rockets through the roof.
