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Podcast: The Smerconish Podcast
Episode: Today's Poll Question: Who Will Be The 2028 GOP Nominee?
Description: Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: "Who will be the 2028 GOP nominee—Rubio, Vance, or neither?"
The 2028 race may be years away, but the jockeying has clearly begun. Michael breaks down fresh reporting from The Wall Street Journal detailing how President Trump is privately sizing up Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential heirs to the MAGA movement. Betting markets show Rubio rapidly closing the gap with Vance for the nomination—and even rating Rubio as more electable in a general election. Is Vance still the favorite? Is Rubio the smarter political bet? Or could the...