Some relief for Democrats came recently when retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced he will not run for president as a third-party candidate. Manchin had flirted with the upstart No Labels party, which claims it will not run any spoilers. If Manchin had chosen to run as the No Labels party candidate, he almost certainly would have helped hand the November election to former President Trump.

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Scroll down further to read in the left column the potential tactic by Arab Americans in Dearborn to vote “uncommitted” rather than for President Biden in Tuesday’s Michigan Democratic primary.

Further down the left column, contributing pundit Ken Zino weighs in on Nikki Haley's tilt at the windmill in the New Hampshire primary.

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