Has Mark Kelly's tiket just been punched for a presidential run? [View all]

I like Tim Walz, but last year I was rooting for Mark Kelly to be selected as the VP. His resume seems ideal for the general election - Navy pilot, astronaut, husband of Gabby Giffords. It would have completely defused Trump's bullshit about scratching his ear. I understand that we didn't want to give up his Senate seat, but he seemed like the perfect candidate to shore up Kamala for the general election.

Now that he's getting lots of national attention because he's being targeted for making the radical statement that the US military shouldn't follow illegal orders, do you think it could be a good stepping off point for him to move into the field of likely 2028 presidential candidates? I would love to see him run; I think he would help to make it a stronger field, whether he ultimately gets the nomination or not. Gabby Giffords would be a huge asset on the campaign trial and in television interviews.

Kelly isn't the most charismatic speaker, but that could be a welcome break from the toxic orange sociopath. It could be a selling point, the way Jimmy Carter was after Watergate.