Dems' rout opens door to "big test" and a packed 2028 field

Democrats of all political stripes won so big on Tuesday that the party didn't settle its long-running civil war between moderates and progressives.Instead, the party's historic victories gave each faction some reasons to claim that its brand of Democrats can defeat the GOP in 2028.Driving the news: Democratic operatives are sure of one thing, though: Tuesday's blowout wins mean that more party leaders will be willing to run for the White House than if the midterms hadn't gone so well.Barack Obama's 2012 campaign manager, Jim Messina, told Bloomberg TV this week that he's already met with 29 potential candidates.Zoom in: On Tuesday, moderate Democrats won.

Progressives won.

Even one-time socialists won.In Michigan, for example, unapologetic progressive Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed won by 7 points after running on Medicare for All.

In the same state, William Lawrence, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America before he let his membership lapse recently, flipped a key swing district.Those results were good news for New York Rep.

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