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CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten is not impressed with the Democratic
bench going into the 2028 presidential election cycle u and heAs not
holding back his overall assessment of the likely candidates: oa total
clown car.o

Enten joined CNN anchor John Berman on Tuesday to discuss the likely candidates just as a new memoir from Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) u
considered a heavy favorite to jump in the race u hit shelves, and his
take was that Newsom was oflailing.o

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CNNAs Harry Enten just ROASTED Gavin NewsomAs 2028 ambitions
oHeAs definitely flailingo:

oThis is just a downright clown car at this point on the
Democratic side.o

oThis is just a total clown car. It is a total mess. There is
no clear front-runner at this particular point ona
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EntenAs concern, as he broke down the numbers for Berman, was that
there was no clear leader in the Democratic Party u and no one seemed
poise for the kind of surge that would be necessary to push them to the
front of the pack going into the 2028 primaries.

oYeah, theyAre all running and this is just a downright clown car at
this point on the Democratic side,o Enten said, noting that the early
polls showed Newsom (at 19%) just barely in the lead over former Vice President Kamala Harris (at 18%) and that his advantage was slim enough
to be within the margin of error.

oQuite a weak number for [Harris], given that, of course, she was the
nominee last time around,o Enten noted.

He went on to say that other likely contenders u such as former
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez (D-NY), who polled at 13% and 12%, respectively u were not doing
any better.

oThis is just a total clown car. It is a total mess. There is no clear frontrunner at this particular point on the Democratic side. Who the
heck knows who the nominee is going to be in two years?o Enten added.
oIt was been a long time, this is very unusual for the Democratic side
to not have a clear frontrunner at this point. You have to go all the
way back, all the way back from when I wasnAt even in elementary school
yet, not even in pre-K yet, to 1992, that was the last cycle in which
there was no clear frontrunner at this point. Very unusual.o

The analyst then singled out Newsom, saying that in particular, he
appeared to be losing ground u and popularity u even as he moves to
market his memoir.

oIt seems to me that Gavin Newsom is flailing a little bit, at least
compared to where he was prior,o he said, explaining that betting
markets were cooling off as far as Newsom was concerned. oThree months
ago, according to the prediction market, look at that, it was a 37%
chance, now itAs just at 28%. Down he goes. HeAs definitely flailing a
little bit.o
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