Maybe Picking a Junior Varsity House Speaker Was a Mistake | CPT PPP Coverage

Them No Labels boys were at it again this week. As the centrist political group still determines whether it will run a third-party candidate and risk handing the presidency back to Donald Trump, a few potential No Labels candidates made some moves. First, No Labels has “actively engaged with allies of Chris Christie about his potential interest in joining the group’s ticket,” per NBC News. Sheesh, let the guy take a hot bath first; he’s been sleeping in a bear’s den under Mount Washington for six months to prove he was a “real” New Hampshirite. Second: Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is so hardcore No Labels that he stepped down from No Labels to become, potentially, even more No Labels–y. Hogan has quit as co-chair of the group, which could allow him to seek the group’s third-party bid. Lastly, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is not running for president. Why do you keep asking him that? Is it because he’s visiting the beating heart of presidential politics—the Politics and Eggs series at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics—in January of a presidential year? Silly speculation. “Everyone says, ‘Are you running for this or running for that?’ ” Manchin said in the one specific room in America where people go if they are running for president. “I said, no. I’m running the race to bring the country together.” He wasn’t there campaigning! “I’m not here campaigning,” he said. “I’m here, basically, concerned about my country.” Pal, we’re concerned about our country too, but we’ve got to, like, go to the grocery store before we can go to New Hampshire.