No Labels Struggles to Recruit US Presidential Nominee
- ‘Daunting’ to recruit third-party candidate, Lieberman says
- Expects decision on whether to nominate within weeks
No Labels recently announced a 12-member panel, which includes Lieberman, to make a recommendation on potential nominees.
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No Labels founding chairman Joe Lieberman said the centrist group has faced a “daunting” struggle to recruit a candidate to mount a third-party run for US president.
Lieberman, a former Democratic senator who left the party to become an independent, said the group is in talks with “a couple of quality candidates” whom he declined to identify, and would make a decision within weeks.