The Democratic Party turns out to be a pretty funny name, because they’re really interested this year in keeping everyone else off the ballot. Third-party “spoilers” like RFK Jr. must be treated by the media as a “threat” to democracy, since democracy and the Democrats are treated as synonymous.
Kennedy’s announcement of running mate Nicole Shanahan — a lawyer and ex-wife of Google founder Sergey Brin — drew only brief notice on Tuesday night. PBS NewsHour offered 45 seconds, CBS 30 seconds, and NBC? Just eight seconds. Alex Christy found Trump’s 2020 primary opponents drew 115 TV interviews on the liberal networks, but Biden’s 2024 primary opponents drew only 25. While he ran as a Democrat, RFK Jr. had two.
Over on ABC’s The View, Nick Fondacaro reported Joy Behar became unglued as she ranted about how “Somebody has to ask him: why are you doing th …