Buttigieg/AOC 2028. Never forget that despite looking like a choir boy, Mayor Pete is a bulldog. Love watching him regularly demolish frothing Republicans. AOC is great at/for a lot of things, but at the top of the ticket, she's got too many cheap, easy character weaknesses. Too young. Her voice. Her big-time speeches, like at the DNC, show she's an unpolished orator. No executive experience.
Other than her voice (I like it, but many people find it annoying), all of those flaws would go away if she serves as VP for 4-8 years.
If Newsom is the democrat's candidate, I will vote third party. Fuck that guy.