No Labels, Mo’ Problems

Nancy Jacobson, joe manchin, jon huntsman
The No Labels gambit was doomed to fail because it was misaligned with the guiding north star of any politician: self-interest. Photo: Amanda Voisard/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
April 8, 2024

When No Labels announced late last week that they were finally abandoning their multimillion-dollar effort to field a centrist, third-party ticket for president this November, I texted a Democrat close to Joe Biden’s campaign to see if they wanted to gloat. “Ha, negative,” this Democrat said. “That’s how little they matter.”