A group called “No Labels” is considering running a candidate for president on a platform that supposedly represents the consensus, centrist position of the American people. For example, “No Labels” supports a package of immigration reform which includes both stronger enforcement and a wider path to citizenship. Does this make sense?
Forget the fact that Biden has largely operated as a “No Labels” president, and agrees with much of the centrist agenda. Ignore the fact that, for the last two years, Joe Manchin has been the most powerful Joe in Washington, anyway. Just think about what it would mean if Manchin were somehow elected president. What power would he have to force the MAGA extremists in Congress to buy into a moderate, constructive “No Labels” agenda? You already know the answer to that one.
“No Labels,” as far as I know, isn’t proposing to run centrist candidates for Congress in the most crimson areas of Alabama. Until it does, and has a reasonable chance of success, this is a waste of time that is only likely to get Trump elected.