The Future President

Michelle Goldberg wrote a piece this week titled, “Why Everyone Wants Jon Ossoff to Run for President,” and the headline mostly checks out. Ossoff himself isn’t playing along. He says he has zero interest in 2028, calls the speculation a distraction, and warns that without restoring checks and balances in the midterms, there may not be a free and fair election to run in. Obama brushed off the same talk during his 2004 Senate run, which everyone keeps pointing out.

I agree with the crowd. He’s got that Obama thing, the calm that reads as conviction instead of caution. But the midterm-first answer isn’t a dodge. It’s the discipline. That’s the part that actually reminds me of Obama.