Joe Manchin? He is close friends with Joe Biden; he really detests Donald Trump and, for all his waffling, actually is a partisan Democrat who has done what he had to do to stay viable in a state Trump carried in 2020 by 69% to 30% (a margin of 39%). I do not believe Manchin will run unless he determines that he could draw more votes from Trump than from Biden, which may be the case.
Cornell West? He is highly respected by PROgressives, like Ralph Nader — now a liberal pariah — once was. If he runs and provides the margin for Trump to return to the White House, he will be scarred with the same political infamy as Nader.
Robert F Kennedy Jr? Once a respected (if raspy) voice for environmentalism, he has gone totally nuts and his bizarre anti-science views have been repudiated even by his own family. If he becomes a serious threat, he will be revealed for the mental collapse he has suffered. While he has his share of the Kennedy fortune, he is also being heavily funded by the same conservative donors who have been so generous to Clarence Thomas. While some might still associate him with his father, when his views become known he may draw more from Trump than Biden.
Jill Stein? Stein was a pro-Trump Putin Trojan horse puppet in 2016 and hopes for a reprisal of her 2016 sabotage. Stein is no PROgressive, nor is she “green” as in pro-environment. She famously traveled to Russia with Trump loyalist Mike Flynn, where they sat at the same dinner table with Vladimir Putin himself (Google the photo). She has called Putin a great man, and there is video footage of her defending her association with Putin. Stein never criticizes Putin, and dismisses Russian interference (which was thoroughly documented by Robert Mueller as well as a Senate national security report compiled when Republicans had the majority) as a “conspiracy theory.” Her investment portfolio skews heavily to Big Carbon, the financial industry, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Defense contractors, etc.
Joe Manchin? He is close friends with Joe Biden; he really detests Donald Trump and, for all his waffling, actually is a partisan Democrat who has done what he had to do to stay viable in a state Trump carried in 2020 by 69% to 30% (a margin of 39%). I do not believe Manchin will run unless he determines that he could draw more votes from Trump than from Biden, which may be the case.
Cornell West? He is highly respected by PROgressives, like Ralph Nader — now a liberal pariah — once was. If he runs and provides the margin for Trump to return to the White House, he will be scarred with the same political infamy as Nader.
Robert F Kennedy Jr? Once a respected (if raspy) voice for environmentalism, he has gone totally nuts and his bizarre anti-science views have been repudiated even by his own family. If he becomes a serious threat, he will be revealed for the mental collapse he has suffered. While he has his share of the Kennedy fortune, he is also being heavily funded by the same conservative donors who have been so generous to Clarence Thomas. While some might still associate him with his father, when his views become known he may draw more from Trump than Biden.
Jill Stein? Stein was a pro-Trump Putin Trojan horse puppet in 2016 and hopes for a reprisal of her 2016 sabotage. Stein is no PROgressive, nor is she “green” as in pro-environment. She famously traveled to Russia with Trump loyalist Mike Flynn, where they sat at the same dinner table with Vladimir Putin himself (Google the photo). She has called Putin a great man, and there is video footage of her defending her association with Putin. Stein never criticizes Putin, and dismisses Russian interference (which was thoroughly documented by Robert Mueller as well as a Senate national security report compiled when Republicans had the majority) as a “conspiracy theory.” Her investment portfolio skews heavily to Big Carbon, the financial industry, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Defense contractors, etc.