As Democrats consider their party's future.

The name Andy Beshear is getting new national attention.

Some Democrats are calling for President Joe Biden to withdraw as a candidate for reelection after his debate performance last Thursday.

The president is meeting with the nation's Democratic governors tonight.

Some virtually, some in-person at the White House.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Governor Andy Beshear is one of the governors going to the White House.

With the party's plans uncertain, A new Reuters poll looks at how various Democrats stack up against former President Donald Trump.

And that poll includes Governor Beshear.

And the poll conducted after the debate.

President Biden and former President Trump are tied at 40% apiece.

Vice President Kamala Harris is one point behind Trump, 43 to 42.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is three points behind, 42 to 39%.

Trump leads Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky 42 36%, even though 70% of Democrats in the survey said they've never even heard of Andy Beshear.

Last night on CNN, Beshear talked about the president, the presidential race, and whether he might end up on the national Democratic ticket.

We should note that allies of Vice President Harris are floating your name as a potential running mate option for her if the president were to bow out.

Your name has also come up as a potential nominee if Biden steps aside.

What do you say to that?

Well, if President Biden is our nominee and I don't want to speculate, I've got a good relationship with the vice president.

She is a good person.

I've been happy to work with her on a number of initiatives, including decriminalizing marijuana.

Now, my name coming up, and it's flattering as a person to hear, but I think it's more about the good things going on in Kentucky.

We lower the temperature.

We have Democrats and Republicans working together.

We have record job growth, record exports, record tourism.

We've seen low recidivism.

We've seen our drug overdose deaths go down two years in a row, which means we're taking care of our people better.

And so while it's nice to hear your name and things like that, I'm just proud of what we have done as a state.

And the president and the vice president have been very helpful in making a lot of that happen.

The governor also said he continues to back President Biden as long as he is a candidate.

The Republican Party of Kentucky responded to that with this statement.

Quote, Beshear has chosen to continue the lie that Biden is capable of being president.

But neither Andy nor the Biden administration can deny the truth, because last week the American people clearly saw that Joe Biden is no longer fit to serve as our commander in chief and, quote, The Republican Party of Kentucky went on to say that only Donald Trump is capable of being president.

More on the new national conversations about Governor Beshear with NPR's Ryland Barton coming up in just a few minutes.