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No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate
AP via MSN ^ | April 4, 2024 | STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER, AP National Political Writer

Posted on 04/04/2024 12:49:04 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

“No Labels has always said we would only offer our ballot line to a ticket if we could identify candidates with a credible path to winning the White House,” Nancy Jacobson, the group's CEO, said in a statement sent out to allies. “No such candidates emerged, so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down.”

The announcement leaves anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the most prominent independent candidate in the 2024 presidential race.

No Labels' decision, which comes just days after the death of founding chairman Joe Lieberman, caps months of discussions during which the group raised tens of millions of dollars from a donor list it has kept secret. While No Labels' decision may disappoint people seeking a potentially viable third-party option, it came as a relief to Democrats who have long feared that a No Labels ticket would undermine Biden's coalition and help Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; joelieberman; nancyjacobson; nolabels; nomorals; norinos; rinosedition; thirdparty
They sound like grifters to me.
1 posted on 04/04/2024 12:49:04 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It sounds like a deep-state / CIA psyop

They control both fake options of the uniparty, so something “in the middle” fits them just fine.


2 posted on 04/04/2024 12:50:26 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I thought for sure that they would put RFK Jr on their ticket. The fact that they didn’t suggests they may be compromised.


3 posted on 04/04/2024 12:53:39 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: jimwatx

RFK Jr isn’t a centerist and he has no chance of winning


4 posted on 04/04/2024 12:55:04 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In other words, polling showed their participation to guarantee a Trump victory.


5 posted on 04/04/2024 12:58:18 PM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

stupid organization should go away.


6 posted on 04/04/2024 12:59:31 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Correct.


7 posted on 04/04/2024 1:05:17 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: JSM_Liberty

“RFK Jr isn’t a centerist”

Nope, crazy, leftist, anti-vaxxer, environmental radical.


8 posted on 04/04/2024 1:05:40 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So...No Labels is now No Party?


9 posted on 04/04/2024 1:05:51 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Only someone who could potentially take votes from Trump.


10 posted on 04/04/2024 1:12:16 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In other words, their polling indicated the party would take more votes from pedo Biden than from Trump, so they aren’t going to run a candidate.

It’s all about stopping Trump so he doesn’t stop their sick demented globohomo gravy train.


11 posted on 04/04/2024 1:18:19 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Possibly.

This is just Democrat front group. I suspect internal polling showed a “no labels” candidate would draw more from the “not Trump” Biden voters than from Trump. (And “not Trump” is easily Biden’s largest voting block.)

So they decided to pass.

They’ll run a candidate when the Republican is a squish like Romney.


12 posted on 04/04/2024 1:18:46 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Donkey, elephant, slug.


13 posted on 04/04/2024 1:34:57 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“No Labels” are Lefties who just don’t want to be identified as Lefties.


14 posted on 04/04/2024 1:45:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everyone knows the ‘centrist’ at the top of the ticket would be a republican and guess which side would lose votes? They had no takers-I’m surprised.


15 posted on 04/04/2024 1:53:05 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“failed to attract a high-profile centrist”

that’s because there’s no such thing as a “centrist’, high or low profile ...


16 posted on 04/04/2024 2:00:02 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They didn’t ask me. I’d run if I could keep all the loot. I’d campaign like Biden. Sleep until noon, get some ice cream, watch TV and go back to sleep.


17 posted on 04/04/2024 2:12:26 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The center is no place for a true American!

Centralists are those who stand for nothing but capitulation.


18 posted on 04/04/2024 2:19:05 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rush! )
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

this is the real reason


19 posted on 04/04/2024 3:25:25 PM PDT by Jeff Vader ( )
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