A Republican Leadership Council for Centrist Conservatives

To me David Brooks of the NYTimes is the most prominent writer in America on right of center Centrism. He comments
“>here about how the Republican Party has lost its way, and along with it, moderate conservatives. But the GOP can get them back by getting back to basics and proposing centrist policies which he lists in the article.

In passing he suggests that members of the GOP form a Republican Leadership Council along the same lines as the Democratic Leadership Council. The DLC gave a home to Moderate Democrats, and provided a spring board for Bill Clinton and more recently Rahm Emanuel who helped engineer the Congressional takeover by recuriting moderate and conservative Democratic candidates.

I am excited about the idea of a Republican Leadership Council. Primarily because it would likely focus on promoting moderate conservative policy and candidates. It would provide a counterpoint to the DLC and make building a Centrist Coalition in Congress easier.