This time will definitely be different from all of the other times that C-list politicos have combined up to form erstwhile “third parties,” I’m sure. It might even get past the press-release stage! … although I wouldn’t personally bet on that. Reuters reported that three mainly moribund aggregations of mainly nonentities that you never heard of have combined, super-hero style, into a new political party that you’ll likely never hear from again:
How many people have heard of even one of these orgs? And when was the last time we heard from its activists? Yang’s well known enough from his run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, which never did get much farther than the novelty stage, but he’s done nothing else politically. It’s been nearly two decades since Todd Whitman has been a force in politics, having left her last office — EPA administrator — in June 2003. Jolly left Congress five years ago, having lost to Charlie Crist in 2016 in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, which has a Cook rating of “even.”
How many people have heard of even one of these orgs? And when was the last time we heard from its activists? Yang’s well known enough from his run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, which never did get much farther than the novelty stage, but he’s done nothing else politically. It’s been nearly two decades since Todd Whitman has been a force in politics, having left her last office — EPA administrator — in June 2003. Jolly left Congress five years ago, having lost to Charlie Crist in 2016 in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, which has a Cook rating of “even.”
