It's getting kind of late in the game to be selecting a presidential candidate for the 2024 election, but it seems the No Labels people are still looking for someone to take that on. They don't appear to be having much luck.

The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election, even as high-profile contenders for the ticket have decided not to run, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. 

After months of leaving open whether the group would offer a ticket, No Labels delegates are expected to vote Friday in favor of launching a presidential campaign for this fall’s election, according to the people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the group’s internal deliberations. 

No Labels will not name its presidential and vice presidential picks on Friday, when roughly 800 delegates meet virtually in a private meeting. The group is instead expected to debut a formal selection process late next week for potential candidates who would be selected in the coming weeks, the people said.

If they aren't planning to name their presidential and vice presidential candidates on Friday, then when are they planning to name those names? Tick-tock, No Labels; "too late" is coming up pretty fast.

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There would appear to be more people who have said they won't run on the No Labels ticket than who have hinted they will.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has said she’s not interested in running as a No Labels candidate. After Haley dropped out of the Republican race on Wednesday, No Labels in a statement congratulated her for “running a great campaign and appealing to the large swath of commonsense voters.” 

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is not seeking re-election this year, has said he will not seek the presidency. Republican former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who had been involved with No Labels, is instead seeking a U.S. Senate seat in November. 

There's one possibility that comes to mind, though, and as of this writing he seems to be pretty quiet on the possibility: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn't ruled out No Labels, but hasn't said anything positive, either. At the moment he continues to run as an independent.

Independent status aside, there would be some advantages for RFK Jr to jump onto the No Labels bus. It would give him more backing; the No Labels people already have an organization in place. Presumably, they've done some fund-raising. And the upstart nature of the party precludes the need for a primary. Whoever they pick would be, essentially, gifted the spot on the ticket, unopposed.

RFK Jr would also bring something to the table: Name recognition, a talent for publicity, and an agenda; one can disagree with him on any number of issues, but at least he has an agenda besides "I'm not Trump or Biden." Also, he's already on the ballot in several states.

There's little reason to expect that the No Labels candidate, no matter who it is, will be anything other than a Ross Perot/Ralph Nader-style spoiler. (Were I in Ralph Nader's shoes, I would to this day think twice about showing my face in Florida.) But in one of the most... interesting presidential campaigns in the last forty years or so, the No Labels people may just make it a tad more interesting — in the "ancient Chinese curse" sense.

Stirring things up, after all, is always worth doing.