Seth Masket writes that the push for a “bipartisan unity ticket” by No Labels is based on a fundamental misreading of American politics — just because people express dissatisfaction with the major parties and say they want more options doesn’t mean they’ll vote for another option.
The problem is that no one can define the “common-sense, moderate, independent platform” this effort promises.


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