Stephen A. Smith has been in the political limelight for the better part of a year and his calls for change in the Democratic Party seem to be growing louder amid rumors of a possible run for office

Two percent is not nothing. Two percent was enough for the topic to justifiably come up during a Smith interview with CNBC Sport’s Alex Sherman, released Wednesday. Smartly, Sherman asked The Question, then got out of the way:

If the Democratic Party has a problem drawing young men who believe that the excesses of wokeness have left them behind, could there be a more appealing figure than the guy they’ve been watching argue about sports for the past decade?

Sports pundit Stephen A. Smith over the weekend appeared to float the idea of entering politics, saying the Democratic Party looks “pathetic.” “I doubt I’ll ever run. It’s not me. I live a pretty good life,

The idea of Stephen A. Smith running for president is preposterous. But also, here he is, vociferously pushing back on anti-DEI Sean Hannity by basically saying that Pete Hegseth is an unqualified hire.

“Thanks peeps, but no thanks,” he said to a post that suggested he be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s running mate in 2028. “If I were to ever THINK of doing this, it would be so to be the TOP DOG! Sorry!”