There's no way he'll be able to make the ballot in enough states to mount any kind of successful run. As a Green candidate, he would have had automatic ballot access in many states, but as an independent not so much. This is a net positive for Biden, and still allows West the pedestal to try and push the political dialogue to the left--where it should be-- without giving Republicans an easy way to wedge voters away from the Democrats.
There's no way he'll be able to make the ballot in enough states to mount any kind of successful run. As a Green candidate, he would have had automatic ballot access in many states, but as an independent not so much. This is a net positive for Biden, and still allows West the pedestal to try and push the political dialogue to the left--where it should be-- without giving Republicans an easy way to wedge voters away from the Democrats.