{"id":1971015,"date":"2023-07-12T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-to-headline-no-labels-event-as-democrats-race-to-stop-third-party-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:20:48","slug":"manchin-to-headline-no-labels-event-as-democrats-race-to-stop-third-party-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-to-headline-no-labels-event-as-democrats-race-to-stop-third-party-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin to lead No Labels event as Dems rush to halt third-party run."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-to-headline-no-labels-event-as-democrats-race-to-stop-third-party-bid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971015&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>No Labels: Raising $70 Million or Just Bluffing?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Joe Manchin \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n    Senator Joe Manchin (W.Va.) is set to make a splash at a No Labels event in New Hampshire this weekend, while his fellow Democrats scramble to prevent the self-proclaimed centrist group from fielding a third-party presidential candidate in 2024.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    The event, first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12287987\/Joe-Manchin-heads-New-Hampshire-No-Labels-amid-talk-Biden-challenge.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>, will take place on July 17 at St. Anselm\u2019s College in Manchester, a popular spot for presidential primary candidates. Former Republican governor John Huntsman will also be in attendance, making it a &#8220;townhall meeting&#8221; of sorts. No Labels&#8217; senior staff has been touting the moderate Manchin as a top contender for the group&#8217;s presidential aspirations for several months now.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-kilmeade-fills-tucker-carlsons-fox-news-slot-after-firing-i-wish-tucker-the-best\/\" title=\"Brian Kilmeade Fills Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox News Slot After Firing: \u2018I Wish Tucker the Best\u2019\">big question remains<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/why-no-labels-may-have-no-cash-and-no-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can No Labels<\/a> mount a serious political operation in 2024? According to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, No Labels had a mere $10 million in assets by the end of 2021, a far cry from the $70 million it claims to be ready to spend on a presidential candidate. The group hasn&#8217;t even committed to running a candidate, stating that it is merely &#8220;preparing for the possibility of nominating a candidate&#8221; if the &#8220;proper environmental conditions&#8221; arise.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    Nevertheless, Democrats are on edge, determined to prevent those &#8220;proper conditions&#8221; from materializing. In June, a group of Democratic operatives and former White House staffers, including former chief of staff Ron Klain, gathered to discuss No Labels. As reported by the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, Democrats urged No Labels to abandon their presidential ambitions, citing polls that indicate a moderate candidate entering the race would heavily favor Republicans, especially as President Biden faces historically low approval ratings. A coalition led by former House minority leader Dick Gephardt (D., Mo.) and former senator Doug Jones (D., Ala.) is also working to thwart the bipartisan group&#8217;s entry into the race, as reported by the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    No Labels, however, insists that Democrats are overreacting. &#8220;They are really working overtime to prevent the voters from having a choice,&#8221; said No Labels co-founder and former senator Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.). &#8220;We believe that the voters in this country deserve a third choice, a bipartisan choice. And I will also reiterate that we will not be spoilers in this.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    While Manchin has yet to announce his bid for Senate reelection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-do-most-americans-oppose-the-hyde-amendment\/\" title=\"Fact check: Do Most Americans Oppose The Hyde Amendment?\">polls consistently show<\/a> him trailing his likely Republican opponent, West Virginia governor Jim Justice. Manchin has been evasive about his presidential aspirations, dismissing speculation by saying, &#8220;everybody\u2019s getting so worked up and scared to death, and we\u2019re a year and a half away.&#8221; &#8220;I don\u2019t rule out anything,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There\u2019s tremendous concern about our country and the direction the country is going in. That\u2019s all.&#8221;\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    No Labels has stated that it will not announce a candidate until next year. For now, the group is focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-and-anti-trump-republicans-unite-to-fight-third-party-ticket-bid\/\" title=\"Dems and anti-Trump GOP join forces against third-party bid.\">securing ballot access<\/a> in all 50 states.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Labels claims to have raised $70 million, but its veracity remains unverified. Senator Joe Manchin (W.Va.) will be the main speaker at a No Labels event in New Hampshire, while Democrats strive to prevent the centrist group from fielding a third-party candidate in the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1971016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}