It’s tough to understand what’s going on at No Labels, the centrist political group that is trying — and repeatedly failing — to find a candidate for its presidential ticket this year. But judging by a slew of bad press over the past week, even the group’s insiders are starting to question what, exactly, their bosses are up to.

No Labels has faced rejection from over a dozen prospective candidates who want nothing to do with them, for reasons ranging from distaste over the party’s shadowy funders to an unwillingness to play spoiler in the pitched battle between President Biden and Donald Trump. It looks like the organization that promised to shake up the 2024 presidential race may end the cycle with no candidate at all. Yikes!

The group’s 0-for-13 track record at candidate recruitment is a brutal admission that, whatever its flashy marketing may suggest, few knowledgeable political players have faith in its mission to create a nonpartisan presidential ticket. Eight months out from Election Day, No Labels’ tentative nominating convention is looking an awful lot like the........

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