Commentary | No Labels Could Give U.S. Someone To Vote For, Not Against – By Greg Orman (Real Clear Politics) / March 5, 2024
On Feb. 23, Citizens to Save Our Republic, a group of political insiders who oppose No Labels’ efforts to give voters an alternative to the Biden-Trump rematch that nobody seems to want, penned a letter to No Labels. In it, they asked that the organization commit to a “No Spoiler Pledge” that would have them taking their candidate off the ballot in swing states if the ticket had no reasonable path to the White House. Signed by former House Democratic leader and longtime D.C. swamp dweller Dick Gephardt, the gambit is a way to put in writing what No Labels leaders have said all along – that they don’t intend to spoil the election.
If I were advising the team at No Labels, I’d suggest they reply with an alternative. If the prime directive really is, as Gephardt’s letter states, to ensure that Donald Trump “never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office,” why not ask the Democrats to agree to a mutual pledge that will accomplish that goal?
A poll or series of polls would be conducted after Labor Day testing each candidate’s performance against Donald Trump in a head-to-head contest. If Joe Biden outperforms the No Labels candidate, No Labels and their candidate would throw their support behind President Biden. If, on the other hand, the No Labels candidate performs better than Biden in that head-to-head contest with former President Trump, Biden would drop out of the race and endorse the No Labels candidate.
