Why I’m Coming from Nebraska to Help Launch a Centrist Movement
Why is a staunchly centrist independent blogger from Nebraska flying halfway across the country to go to the launch of a brand new political organization? That...is a heck of a good...
View ArticleBloomberg Headlines Launch of 'No Labels' Group for Independents
Be sure to tune in to the Brian Lehrer Show today at 11:40 to discuss No Labels, and then join an online chat at Noon to help build a Moderate's Manifesto»»No Labels, but a lot of bold-faced names....
View ArticleConsensus on Style, Not Substance, at No Labels
At the No Labels gathering, the most resounding message from centrist politicians and consultants on the stage was simple: “We need backup.”“Politicians respond to numbers, and you just haven't had a...
View ArticleConsultants not on board with No Labels: 'Campaigns are fights'
On NY1's roundtable last night, political consultants panned the No Labels movement.Democrat Doug Forand said there was a "smugness and almost naivete" in their material. Not that there was much...
View ArticleThomas Frank on The Magic Middle
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country we bring you the unmissable quotes from political conversations on WNYC. On today's Brian Lehrer Show,Thomas Frank, columnist for...
View ArticleNo Labels? No Movement.
Why did the launch of “No Labels” – a new “movement” to become MoveOn.org for the political middle – receive such extraordinary attention on Monday? Unlike MoveOn, which earned its attention by giving...
View ArticleAttacks on No Labels Only Mask Political Failures
I've seen some outlandish claims about centrists, and the new political organization No Labels. Keith Olbermann, for instance, apparently thinks we're really conservative wolves in centrist/moderate...
View ArticleThe Woodstock of Democracy
I attended the No Labels conference this week, whose slogan is “not left, not right, forward.”As someone who cares deeply about our representative democracy, I went to the conference because I believe...
View ArticleNY's 'Independents' Rally Not So Independent
Two weekends ago I flew out to New York City, for a conference for independent activists.I was hoping for a learning experience that would be welcoming for independents of all (or at least most)...
View ArticleThe Process is Political: Branding 'No Labels' with Starbucks
Our daily look at the details that can change everything. Political Junkie Calendar: Wednesday with GOP contenders, Thursday with Obama, Tuesday with Starbucks CEO?: The centrist political group No...
View ArticleOpinion: Now is the Best Time for a Third Party to Rise
I've run out of ways to describe how low approval numbers for our representatives in Washington have fallen, but Mike Huckabee did a pretty decent job of it the other day when he pointed out that it's...
View ArticleOpinion: Why No Work Should Equal No Pay for Congress and the President
One of the most basic functions that the House, Senate and President are supposed to accomplish is passing a budget and paying the bills. Seems pretty simple... you pass a law that costs X amount of...
View ArticleA Mysterious Third Party Enters the Presidential Race
No Labels, which pitches itself as a centrist movement to appeal to disaffected voters, has secured a considerable amount of funding and is working behind the scenes to get on Presidential ballots...
View ArticleA Mysterious Third Party Enters the Presidential Race
No Labels, which pitches itself as a centrist movement to appeal to disaffected voters, has secured a considerable amount of funding and is working behind the scenes to get on Presidential ballots...
View ArticleA Mysterious Third Party Enters the Presidential Race
No Labels, which pitches itself as a centrist movement to appeal to disaffected voters, has secured a considerable amount of funding and is working behind the scenes to get on Presidential ballots...
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