America’s Race to the Middle
This Wall Street Journal piece on America’s Race to the Middle After Years of Gridlock,Campaign ’08 May Yield A New Political Center is an optimistic look at the ways in which the political process may be moving more towards cooperation. It seems to me that a few adjustments to campaign finance and redistricting can accelerate the movement of the pendulum back towards the middle.
Ms. Vanderslice is part of a new wave of younger activists willing to reach across party lines for the causes they advocate. She has, for example, pushed legislation sponsored by a pro-life Democrat and a pro-choice Republican designed to reduce abortions by increasing support for family-planning programs (something Democrats like), and by increasing assistance for women who choose to keep their babies (something Republicans like). That puts her in the vanguard of like-minded activists who are starting to reshape the values debate…
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2 Responses to “America’s Race to the Middle”
Vanguard young activists! Phffft. [snicker] “New Center” = “Dems Lite.” Meet the new “center,” same as the old “center.”
This kind of approach to abortion has been part of the conversation by Democrats for some time. I think even Hillary Clinton has said something along those lines.
The good news is that some Reps are coming aboard.