Jim Webb’s campaign says he is considering leaving the race for the Democratic nomination and running for president as an independent.

The former Virginia senator’s campaign team said in a statement that he’ll “discuss his candidacy, the campaign and his views of the political parties” during a press conference today.
During the first Democratic debate last week Webb complained repeatedly about how little time he had to answer questions. He said Thursday he felt the debate had been “rigged in terms of who was going to get the time on the floor.”

But one group that champions independent politics, The Centrist Project, is not inclined to applaud a Webb run as an independent.
Dane Sherrets, outreach manager for The Centrist Project, wrote a column earlier this week that gave a tongue-in-cheek award to Webb based on his debate performance: “Most likely to complain.”

Here’s what Sherrets had to say:
“Years from now if I am ever asked what I thought about Jim Webb’s candidacy for president, chances are the only thing I will be able to remember is that he complained a lot during the debate about the time allocated to him to speak. Granted, Webb only spoke for a total of 15 minutes compared to 31 minutes for (Hillary) Clinton, but it feels like almost half of his time was spent arguing with Anderson Cooper about the debate format.
“… As I watched the debate I could not shake the feeling that all of the candidates, to some extent, were not being truly authentic. Whether it was about gun control or foreign policy, it seemed like the candidates were modifying previous positions or ‘clarifying’ past statements to appeal to further left fringes of the party.
“Wouldn’t it be great to watch a debate that is less a contest of who is better at pandering to the base and more about who has the best ideas for the country?”

 

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