The Democratic Party establishment is infighting leaving an opening for a populist candidate.

I'm not saying this was inevitable. It was more like a series of events within their control and outside their control, but the Democratic Party establishment is clearly infighting.

In the 2020 Democratic Primary the establishment had their candidate based on name recognition from the Obama years. Joe Biden as the former Vice President was always going to be very difficult to defeat in that primary. However underneath many higher ups in the party had doubts about Joe. John Kerry, Obama himself. You could sense tension.

Now after the 2024 election the infighting is far more intense. Kamala Harris lost. Some are blaming her. Some are blaming Joe. Some are blaming others. It's a mess. The party is still a name recognition machine, but it's far more vulnerable than in 2020. If Harris ran in 2028, she would still likely win the nomination, but that's if she runs.

Other faces like Governors Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro or Gretchen Whitmer could take the mantle, but it's unclear. The party did this to themselves. They panicked and toppled with the broader issues of global inflation were on the wrong side of the election.

I don't know what will come from the next four years. The establishment has never been this vulnerable. It's a real possibility that a progressive like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes the mantle or even a celebrity like Jon Stewart. That's how strange the times are.

We'll see.