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ABE WON’T BE SILENT - Come on, you have to admit, pollsters are the “mootest” people on the planet. (Yes, I made up that word.) They traffic in false narratives disguised as data, tell us what 1,200 landline users — or worse, people who show up to some corporate building for a focus group — are feeling… that is, if they’re even being honest. Yet, they still tend to get it wrong. Every. Damn. Time.
So I've adopted a new political electioneering philosophy called The Karma Principle™.
Forget approval ratings, ignore Nate Silver, or CNN’s electoral “magic wall,” and toodles to Steve Kornacki, the somehow sex symbol from MSNBC. Make Nerds Sexy Again? The only metric that matters now is The Karma Principle™: which candidate is riding high on integrity, vision, and timing — and who’s dragging around a spiritual albatross that will be their undoing.
And don’t start with me about Trump. Had Joe Biden committed, as promised, to being a one-term president, we may very well be living in a different reality. The karma of the Dems — and their arrogance this year — is why we are here. Period.
Case in point: Susan Crawford won Wisconsin Supreme Court seat against her conservative rival Brad Schimel — not because of polling, but because Elon Musk's karma stunk up the race so badly, a white, paunchy conservative didn’t stand a chance. Crawford, the fabulous, powerhouse female Democrat with clarity of message and moral high ground, took it. A karmic shoo-in before the campaign even started. Crawford’s karma won. Full stop. Brad Schimel who?
Will the Dems ever learn? After Hillary, to give a flying fuck what any pundit from the corrupt media industrial complex spews is pathetic. Start watching and investigating the karma of all candidates. It’s all about opposition — oppo research — and not just digging up dirt anymore. It’s layering in divine judgment. You want to know who's going to win? Don’t ask a pollster. Ask the universe. Look at every aspect of the candidates’ past — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Adnaseum polls will not determine who wins the next set of elections — both the midterms in ‘26 and the presidential race. Speaking of, let’s see who’s gunning to be the Big Kahuna in 2028. Let’s break it down, shall we?
AOC is clearly ogling the gig. She’s got the branding, the TikTok and social media muscle, the merch, the hair. What she doesn’t have? A single major bill passed. Not one. The influencer-to-legislator pipeline is real, but maybe try actually legislating before launching the eat the rich revolution?
Bernie Sanders is still shouting from everywhere about millionaires and billionaires — though these days he’s more fixated on billionaires because, well, he became a millionaire. His biggest legislative win? Renaming a post office in Vermont. This self-hating Jew will cause divisions with the Christians, who, by the way, young people are joining in record numbers post-COVID. Fun fact: he once took money from the NRA. Don’t shoot the messenger (pun very much intended).
Josh Shapiro is my favorite Jew, but the October 7 War will be a challenge for any Jewish candidate trying to move into the White House.
John Fetterman — look, I’m all for norm-breaking politicians, but his fashion alone disqualifies him. This ain’t Denny’s; it’s the Oval Office.
Gavin Newsom is a real contender — tall, slick, unwavering debater, and with the best hair in the business. But he ain’t gonna convince the MAGA crowd and then some. He’s like the one that got away. My heart, be still.
Gretchen Whitmer is lovely. Cool mom energy, battle-tested, confronts the demons. But a woman in 2028 — yes, that means you too, AOC — isn’t going to cut the mustard. Big Gretch is an awesome VP to whoever.
Pete Buttigieg is brilliant, thoughtful, measured — and gay. Which in 2028, thanks to the backlash against DEI, the MAGA lunatics, and Christian Nationalists, will be a disqualifier. I fought for our rights, but this just feels like the song says, “To dream the impossible dream.”
Cory Booker — love him. Warm, smart, can actually talk across aisles, and courageously wore the yellow hostage pin on the national stage. America missed its chance when Hillary didn’t pick Cory for VP. Instead, she went with a white, paunchy Tim Walz-type. (See above: recent Wisconsin situation.) Is America ready for another person of color?
At this point, I'd vote for Alfie. (Pictured above.)
As I see it, heroes emerge the way Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama happened out of nowhere. They took the electoral stage by storm. As for me, I’m now a registered No Party Preference voter. And when the elections get nearer, I’ll put all the candidates to The Karma Principle™ test.
(ABE GURKO is the executive producer of a documentary “LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change,” about the extraordinary Women of Protest Music streaming on MAX. He's an Opinionator who hosts a podcast, "Won't Be Silent," engaging in conversations from the edge of democracy. Abe is a contributor to CityWatchLA.com. [email protected].)
