Yes, we’re already talking about 2028

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. We’re one week out from the midterms. We’re also 15 months out from the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina, and some potential 2028 candidates are thinking that it’s never too early to begin meeting voters, wooing donors and recruiting strategists. Don’t groan. Let’s get into 2028. And they’re off. No, not the midterm candidates, but the potential contenders for president. They’re limbering up for the long slog ahead and laying the groundwork in early-voting states.