Fading

Although Robert Kennedy, Jr. has suspended his campaign to be President, and thrown his lot in with Donald Trump, this campaign sign seems new.

Pretty sure this future is over already.

This seems to be in keeping with reports that Mr. Kennedy is seeking to clear the field in Red states, but keep his name on the ballot in Blue ones (like Washington), where the hope is that he'll siphon off enough support from the Harris/Walz ticket to flip a few otherwise safe electoral votes. I, for my part, am dubious of this plan, but it isn't the most harebrained scheme that I've heard of.

Like all "third party" nominees, Mr. Kennedy never stood a real chance of being a viable candidate; the only real thing that he ever had going for him was the family name, and that was never going to be enough. Ross Perot did a much better job of shaking things up, back in the day.

In any event, it may be interesting to see if Mr. Kennedy remains a factor in the race. The bulk of his support on the left-hand side of the political spectrum seemed to come from people who were dissatisfied with President Biden, and it pretty much evaporated when the President decided not to accept the Democratic nomination to run again. Given that people seem to be still putting up campaign signs, I suspect I'll see his name on the November ballot. I suspect that it will mostly go unnoticed.