Sometimes, it's all right to despise everyone involved in a particular situation. This is one of those cases.

In one of those devil's-brew moments, now we see that a coalition of never-Trump Republicans and Democrats are joining forces — not to stop Trump directly, but to stop any moderate or left-of-center candidate that the "No Labels" group puts forth. 

A coalition of Democratic and Republican anti-Trump groups are organizing an aggressive, multi-front campaign to stop the independent group No Labels from injecting a third major candidate in the upcoming 2024 election.

Their plans, laid out in a private, roughly 80-minute call obtained by Semafor, include legal attacks, opposition research and warnings to potential candidates and donors that involvement with No Labels could make them politically toxic.

It's not at all clear how this coalition could make anyone "politically toxic" without inviting the same attention in return, and to my thinking, that alone makes this whole prospect suddenly a lot more interesting. Have at it, I say! Let the anti-Trumper forces bring their Birnam Wood to No Label's Dunsinane, and damned be him that first cries, "Hold! Enough!"

The author of the piece from Semafor, Shelby Talcott, summed the whole thing up:

The anti-No Labels coalition is clearly setting itself up for an all-out war against the non-profit organization. Attendees on the call believe that a No Labels candidate would serve as a spoiler to help re-elect Donald Trump — but also expressed concern about other third party candidates. Through it all, the most promising alternative to most seemed to be pressure campaigns aimed not at the group or its donors, but at potential candidates themselves. The message: Engaging with No Labels or running for president under its name would ruin their careers and reputations.

The "attendees on the call" may well be right; No Labels' efforts may well help Donald Trump's re-election efforts. But the never-Trump people, given what appears to be the state of the race at the moment, would seem to be barking up that same tree.

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Whether you support Donald Trump or not, it's funny to watch the hysterics to which his very existence drives his political opponents. From marginal GOP candidates to Democrat politicians to the President, the No Labels people have been rattling a few cages; now, with this nebulous "anti-Trump" coalition pulling a Sarah Palin and drawing crosshairs on the No Labels group, observers may well get to view a political cage match. They're working towards the same goal — preventing a second Trump term — and throwing brickbats at each other isn't going to help, but that won't stop them from doing it.

There's a bonus here, though, for folks who are not enamored of the seemingly impossible-to-overcome two-party system: This is the kind of thing that has to happen to break that (and please forgive the corporate bingo-card term) paradigm. Any new political trend is going to be messy in the beginning. Given that American politics at the moment isn't exactly attracting the best and the brightest (and if that's not the understatement of the week, it will do until a better one comes along), any changes are going to be necessarily laden with acrimony. This, should it unfold the way the leaked call would seem to anticipate, will be fun to watch — some dirt will doubtless be uncovered, some careers will be ruined, and likely some marriages torn apart.

And, yes, Donald Trump may well be the beneficiary of all this acrimony. Stock up on popcorn, and settle in to watch the circular firing squad open up!