The No Labels people just can’t seem to win for losing.
Since their inception as a “moderate,” third-way political party-that’s-not-a-party, they have been courting what they deem as moderates from both major parties. The problem they face is two-fold: First, third-party runs have a really bad track record in American presidential elections, and second, the people they are approaching are mostly refugees from the Island of Misfit Politicians.
The deep-pocketed centrist group once envisioned a vigorous public competition to join its ticket, which it planned to put on the ballot in all 50 states. Instead, it has been spurned by at least a dozen prominent figures from across the ideological spectrum and secured ballot access in just 17 states so far, despite having said it hoped to be on 27 state ballots by the end of last year.
It is belaboring the obvious to note that having a…
