Meanwhile, it seems unlikely that other big names potentially open to a No Labels candidacy will ever go along. One imagines that Nikki Haley and Liz Cheney, both shrewd realists who genuinely recognize the Trump threat, are unlikely to delude themselves into believing they’d function as anything other than spoilers.
Indeed, on MSNBC, Chavis, the No Labels co-chair, was asked whether any high-profile candidates are still considering joining the group’s ticket. “We’re talking with several exceptional leaders,” he said. But when pressed, he declined to name them.
Chavis was also asked to name a single state the group’s candidate might win. He couldn’t. If the group can’t name one state it might plausibly win, how can it not function as a spoiler?