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The Green Party has a candidate, Cornel West, a black nationalist and Marxist, now on the faculty of Union Theological Seminary (which is affiliated with Columbia University).

RFK Jr. better matches the Green Party in terms of his (RFK Jr.’s) background as an environmental lawyer and activist; but, he (RFK Jr.) is currently playing in the Democrat sandbox.

RFK Jr. has some serious strengths, not the least of which is his name. But, it seems like he jumps on whatever is the latest conspiracy theory. I have a rule about that: you can only break one rule at a time. You go off the deep end on multiple issues, and you come across as a nut.

As a possible Libertarian Party candidate, RFK Jr. would appeal to left-libertarians and not so much to right-libertarians. In 2016, Gary Johnson, a former two-term Republican Governor of New Mexico, attracted many right-libertarians and, early in the year, was just short of the 15 percent in the nationwide polls used by the media as the test for inclusion in the presidential debates. He didn’t qualify, and subsequently faded in the polls. Almost entirely, Johnson’s fall in the polls equaled Trump’s rise in the polls so that, by election day, the election had considerably tightened up.

Getting back to RFK Jr., not only would he appeal to left-libertarians, it is possible he would qualify for the debates, and subsequently rise in the polls, rather than fall. This scenario seriously jeopardizes Joe Biden’s chance of re-election (and, if defeated, I don’t think Biden returns, Trump style, in 2028).

On the other hand, if one thing leads to another, if RFK Jr. qualifies for the debates and subsequently rises in the polls, and if RFK Jr. calibrates things right, he might run up the middle to win the whole shebang. The prospect of becoming president is enough to sober up most people.