The incredible shrinking campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

It wasn’t long ago that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign—amid his unsuccessful lawsuit against Daily Kos to reveal the identity of a community member who dared criticize his interaction with neo-Nazis in Berlin—was taken seriously by the political press. 

He was polling favorably among the public, often with Republicans delighted at his anti-vaccine activism and shots at President Joe Biden. His independent presidential bid was being financed largely by Republican megadonors eager to see him eat into Biden’s support. As recently as early July, a Pew Research Center poll had him garnering 15% of the national vote. 

Now? He’s all but forgotten, a loser trying—and failing—to trade his endorsement to both Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris for a Cabinet position.