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No Labels

Nancy Jacobson, joe manchin, jon huntsman
Peter Hamby • April 8, 2024

No Labels, Mo’ Problems

There was never any constituency for the bipartisan brain poison that Nancy Jacobson was selling donors. But the No Labels gambit was also doomed to fail because it was fundamentally misaligned with the guiding north star of any politician: self-interest.
Tara Palmeri • March 21, 2024
There’s Something About Katie
katie britt
News and whispers from Capital Grille: the sotto voce blame game for prepping Katie Britt, more No Labels schadenfreude, a Cotton vs. Ernst leadership tiff, and Joe Manchin’s next news cycle.
Tara Palmeri • February 29, 2024
No Labels Schadenfreude & Johnson’s Secret Society
mike johnson
News and notes on the anxieties, murmurs, and insights circulating through this town, including No Labels’ big vote and Mike Johnson’s burgeoning in-crowd.
Chris Christie’s inner circle hasn’t yet had the talk with the candidate, according to a donor, but will likely do so soon.
Tara Palmeri • December 21, 2023
A Christie Intervention & Manchin’s Pageant Daughter
The latest plot twists and bickering as all roads lead to Iowa: Manchin’s grasps for relevance, Nikki Haley’s potential fallback plan, and the movement to vote Christie off the island.
Chris Christie is betting on a town hall strategy in New Hampshire, and making appeals to independents and Republicans who want to put Trump in the rearview.
Peter Hamby • December 4, 2023
Just Spoke to Christie…
A candid conversation with the two-time presidential contender about the delirious state of the ’24 race: his path to Super Tuesday, his beef with Nikki Haley, whether Trump should go to prison, and more.
The real, existing threat from Kennedy is right there, out in the open, staring at Democrats in the face.
Peter Hamby • November 13, 2023
Biden’s Kennedy Curse
The media fixation on Romney-Manchin is out of proportion to the real threat that almost nobody is talking about: Kennedy could very well be on the debate stage alongside Biden next fall, a nightmare scenario that could allow Trump to waltz into the White House.
Ken Griffin has always been a politically aware center-right rich guy, sure, but he’s ascended to a new level on the G.O.P. donor Mount Rushmore after Trump.
Theodore Schleifer & William D. Cohan • July 25, 2023
Griffin vs. Dimon & The S.B.F. Delusion
A conversational power ranking of the top donors on Wall Street: Effron, Fink, Wolf, Schwarzman, and more. Plus notes on Ken Griffin’s DeSantis bet, Dimon’s ’24 flirtation, and whether S.B.F. is destined for the clink.
Biden has a lot of work to do to stir up enthusiasm and remind voters of the choice on the ballot once the election rolls around.
Peter Hamby • July 10, 2023
Biden’s “Double-Hater”-itis
There’s one simple rule of presidential politics: If you lose independents in swing states, you lose the election. And Biden is increasingly vulnerable.
Theodore Schleifer • June 27, 2023
Wall Street ’24 Bets & Chris Christie’s Cornermen
Inside dish on the latest presidential dark-money shenanigans and G.O.P. donor games as the first major fundraising quarter draws to a close.
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
Tara Palmeri • May 4, 2023
No Labels Leaks & Manchin ’24 Dreams
Privately recorded audio from a recent No Labels call reveals a presidential-seeming Manchin, lots of messaging concerns, some strategic concerns, other concerns about concerns, and a wee bit of confusion about the political group facilitating the vox populi’s attempt to steer to the center.