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BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 04:48 PM Mar 8

No Labels votes to move forward with bipartisan presidential ticket

Source: ABC News

March 8, 2024, 1:19 PM


The third-party presidential movement No Labels voted Friday to move forward with a presidential ticket, though the hunt for candidates to lead the ticket continues.

After flirting with a third-party presidential bid over the past year, No Labels' 800 delegates from 50 states met virtually to discuss the future of the movement and whether it would enter the 2024 presidential election. The group deliberated if a "unity ticket" -- consisting of one Republican and one Democrat -- would be a viable option.

"They voted near unanimously to continue our 2024 project and to move immediately to identify candidates to serve on the Unity presidential ticket," No Labels National Convention Chair Mike Rawlings said in a statement. "I wasn't sure exactly where No Labels delegates would land today but they sent an unequivocal message: Keep going," Rawlings said.

The meeting was just the first phase of a longer process as No Labels does not have its presidential and vice presidential picks. "Now that No Labels has received the go ahead from our delegates, we'll be accelerating our candidate outreach and announcing the process for how candidates will be selected for the Unity Ticket on Thursday, March 14," Rawlings said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/labels-weighs-moving-forward-bipartisan-presidential-ticket/story?id=107896177

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No Labels votes to move forward with bipartisan presidential ticket (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 8 OP
republican front group nt msongs Mar 8 #1
Prominent DUers should step forward, they're looking for front men bucolic_frolic Mar 8 #2
Just go ahead and campaign for trump Bayard Mar 8 #3
Aren't "unity ticket", one REPUBLICAN, one DEMOCRAT, all labels? 4lbs Mar 8 #4
and by no labels we mean all the labels prodigitalson Mar 9 #16
All Labels Matter. Pinback Mar 9 #22
so who is making money off this scam? prodigitalson Mar 8 #5
"No labels" is just another GOP/republican trojan horse PSPS Mar 8 #6
So, do I understand this correctly angrychair Mar 8 #7
They should change their party name to "No Candidates" DemocraticPatriot Mar 8 #8
No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign PufPuf23 Mar 8 #9
No Labels... Roy Rolling Mar 8 #10
Every time some one pushes for noLabels Old Crank Mar 9 #11
How about "Not Serious" as a better name for them. BootinUp Mar 9 #12
So, who's funding these guys? patphil Mar 9 #13
As much as anything markodochartaigh Mar 9 #14
Joe Lieberman Pachamama Mar 9 #15
Lieberman isn't an active politician. brooklynite Mar 9 #17
Not what I meant Pachamama Mar 9 #18
I remember Joe Lieberman. PufPuf23 Mar 9 #21
Status Quo Party wolfie001 Mar 9 #19
How tiresome these third parties are NanaCat Mar 9 #20
RFK Jr./Kanye Tarc Mar 10 #23

4lbs

(6,865 posts)
4. Aren't "unity ticket", one REPUBLICAN, one DEMOCRAT, all labels?
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 08:37 PM
Mar 8

Doesn't that already violate their "No Labels" name?

Or do they not GAS (Give A Sh.t) with the impending cognitive dissonance?

Pinback

(12,171 posts)
22. All Labels Matter.
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 08:45 PM
Mar 9

In this house, we believe:

  1. All lives matter.

  2. Women’s rights are human rights, mostly.

  3. No human is illegal, although some are unwelcome.

  4. Science is real. Or maybe not.

  5. Love is pleasant.

  6. Kindness is a thing.

prodigitalson

(2,449 posts)
5. so who is making money off this scam?
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 08:46 PM
Mar 8

There has to be more to this than just throwing the election to Trump. Who gets richer in this grift?

angrychair

(8,748 posts)
7. So, do I understand this correctly
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 09:28 PM
Mar 8

They have no candidate. No ground organization to get on the ballot in all 50 states. So how exactly are they not spoilers?

DemocraticPatriot

(4,447 posts)
8. They should change their party name to "No Candidates"
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:06 PM
Mar 8

since they don't seem to have any luck getting anyone who might be viable.


Perhaps they can find some county commissioners for their 'ticket' ?

LOL

PufPuf23

(8,843 posts)
9. No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:41 PM
Mar 8
No Labels, With No Candidate, Says Yes to a 2024 Presidential Campaign

Matt Welch; Fri, March 8, 2024 at 7:09 AM PST

No Labels says it's about to jump into the 2024 presidential race.

A day prior to a secret delegate meeting that's not a convention, the centrist nonprofit that isn't a political party indicated Thursday that the members whom it won't name are almost certainly going to agree with the backers it refuses to disclose that a non-existent unity ticket to be chosen via undetermined process should nonetheless be green-lit to enter a presidential contest that No Labels swears it can plausibly win and definitely not tip to Donald Trump.

"We expect our delegates to encourage the process to continue," No Labels Chief Strategist Ryan Clancy told The Wall Street Journal.

The Joe Lieberman–chaired organization remains convinced, all contrary evidence notwithstanding, that what disgruntled voters most crave as an alternative to Beltway politics as usual is a centrist coalition of establishment office-holders who can out-hawk both major parties on foreign policy.

Bulk of article at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-labels-no-candidate-says-150938655.html

Here is the No Labels site and the link to the Meet the Team page.

https://www.nolabels.org/meettheteam

Old Crank

(3,649 posts)
11. Every time some one pushes for noLabels
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 03:22 AM
Mar 9

Ask them why their major funders are also far right Trump supporters.

patphil

(6,234 posts)
13. So, who's funding these guys?
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 12:13 PM
Mar 9

Up until now, no labels has been synonymous with no substance.
They've got no organization, no candidates, no platform, no plan to move forward.
Just plenty of smoke and mirrors.

markodochartaigh

(1,162 posts)
14. As much as anything
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 01:50 PM
Mar 9

it seems to me that it is just another way for well-connected third tier politicos to scam money off of our "political" system. Much like many of the Republican candidates who jump into the primaries to promote their book or just scam some money only to drop out without causing a ripple in the swamp.
One unfortunate side effect which I don't see talked about is that third party candidates may bring out some Republican never-Trump voters who might otherwise stay home. These voters will probably vote down ballot for Republicans. If they had stayed home it might have helped the Democratic candidates.

PufPuf23

(8,843 posts)
21. I remember Joe Lieberman.
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 08:06 PM
Mar 9

Have always thought that Lieberman as VPOTUS candidate harmed the 2000 Al Gore more than Ralph Nader but less than the USSC.

NanaCat

(1,358 posts)
20. How tiresome these third parties are
Sat Mar 9, 2024, 05:58 PM
Mar 9

Anyone with genuine political savvy knows that one cannot build a party from the top down, but the bottom up. If they want to start a third party that can be effective, ignore the White House. Ignore the governor seats. Even ignore state legislatures. Start with your local city council and school boards and dog catchers. Then start working your way up.

Nobody with a brain takes such obvious dilettantes seriously.

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