Third Party Threat
The Democratic Party is in a state of panic in the event that voters take seriously a third-party candidate or potentially a forth, a fifth or sixth. At the present, it appears that the Green Party’s Cornel West is in their sights, claiming him as the “spoiler” for Biden’s 2024 run. This is unlikely since the DNC and the media will never give Professor West and his campaign any exposure to the public. Joe Manchin, running as the No Labels candidate, is receiving no scrutiny from the DNC nor media coverage as the spoiler, though quietly the DNC fears him most. He has corporate ties and some appeal to moderate Republicans, assuming there is any such moderation left in the Republican Party. For now, the DNC will pummel West while remaining content that Manchin’s third-party candidacy is hidden from public view. The DNC has also decided there will be no primary debates and therefore no primary challenge to Biden. The risk to upending the Biden continuity means that the current Republic...