Biden Challenger Dean Phillips Signals He Might Not Leave the Race Quietly

Dean Phillips may not go quietly into the night after the expected fizzle of his longshot primary challenge to President Joe Biden The Minnesota Democratic Rep. told the New York Times Saturday that he would mull running on the ticket of No Labels, the third party organization loathed by liberals that is considering mounting a presidential bid. Phillips said that he might join No Labels if Biden and Trump were set for rematch--as it appears they currently are--and if polls showed that "Biden is almost certain to lose." Currently general elections polls suggest a dead heat. No Labels has courted self-styled centrist figures like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and former Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland to lead its potential ticket. The dark money group denies that its possible entrance into the presidential race would drag down Biden more than Trump, but it has received funding from longtime GOP donors, Mother Jones has revealed, and reportedly also received support from Harlan Crow, the eccentric consevative donor whose lavish gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have ignited scrutiny of high court corruption.